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CURTAIN LECTURE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does curtain lecture mean?
• CURTAIN LECTURE (noun)
The noun CURTAIN LECTURE has 1 sense:
1. a private lecture to a husband by his wife
Familiarity information: CURTAIN LECTURE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A private lecture to a husband by his wife
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("curtain lecture" is a kind of...):
lecture; speech; talking to (a lengthy rebuke)
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