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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(now rare) The curtain lowered in a theatre between the acts of a play, to allow for set changes etc..
‘Well, I found myself seated in a horrid little private box, with a vulgar drop-scene staring me in the face.’
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Drop-scene means (now rare) The curtain lowered in a theatre between the acts of a play, to allow for set changes etc..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
‘Well, I found myself seated in a horrid little private box, with a vulgar drop-scene staring me in the face.’
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