curtains
/ˈkɜː(ɹ).tənz/ noun A2- An end or death. · It's curtains for you!· He called curtains on his double decade cricket career on Tuesday.
- 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.
- The foreskin.
- The labia.
- Synonym of curtain (“a hairstyle”)
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An overpowering sadness took possession of the young man, his hands relaxed their hold, the objects in the room gradually lost their form and color, and his disturbed vision seemed to perceive doors and curtains open in the wall.
“What o’clock were those curtains drawn?”
It looks as if the man got into the house after four when the curtains were drawn, and before six when the bridge was raised.
Yes, and muslin curtains in all the windows.
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