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screenland

American  
[skreen-land] / ˈskrinˌlænd /

noun

  1. filmdom.


Etymology

Origin of screenland

First recorded in 1920–25; screen + -land

Example Sentences

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The heart of screenland has been able to maintain a bit of a small-town feel.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 8, 2024

Along the way, McClellan encounters self-aggrandizing politicians on the hunt for Communists in screenland, thuggish gamblers, and lethal studio politics.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 5, 2014

This sorceress is named Pat Collins, and for practicing her hypnotic arts on the screenland patrons of The Interlude on Sunset Strip, she is paid a hypnotic $3,000 a week.

From Time Magazine Archive

In screenland, it is the vampire, the villain, the superman, the saccharine angel child, who reign almost undisputed.

From Preaching and Paganism by Fitch, Albert Parker

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