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.
“And the next thing you’ll be setting fire to the curtains with your signaling nonsense.”
“Velvet carpet,” sighed Anne luxuriously, “and silk curtains!
The velvet carpet with the pink roses and the pink silk curtains of Anne’s early visions had certainly never materialized; but her dreams had kept pace with her growth, and it is not probable she lamented them.
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