curtains
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /ˈkɜː(ɹ).tənz/
- plural form of curtain
- (figuratively, in reference to curtains closing at the end of a stage show) An end, death
- It's curtains for you!
- "What if a bunch of scuba divers nosed about here?" / "Curtains for them, when our side-scan sonar sees them."
- (colloquial) a ring of clear liquid, forming into drops, near the top of a glass of fortified wine; the result of differential evaporation of alcohol and subsequent changes in surface tension; an example of the Marangoni effect
- (alcohol effect): church windows, legs, tears of wine, wine tears
- French: fichu
- Russian: кранты́
- third-person singular form of curtain
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