Moulin Rouge

[ French moo-lan roozh ]

noun

1. a dance hall in the Montmartre section of Paris, France, opened in 1889 and famous for its cancan dancers and the drawings of its performers and customers made there by Toulouse-Lautrec.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Moulin Rouge¹

< French: literally, red mill

Example Sentences

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The MusicalBest Sound Design of a Musical Peter Hylenski, Moulin Rouge!

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The MusicalBest Costume Design of a Musical Catherine Zuber, Moulin Rouge!

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Karen Olivo, a prominent stage actress, said she would not return to a production of “Moulin Rouge,” with which Rudin is not involved, because of the industry’s accommodation of him.

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My favorite movies were Moulin Rouge and Gone with the Wind.

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And if you are imagining Satine from Moulin Rouge floating around on a diamond swing, think again.

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Indeed, a poll of British moviegoers in 2010 anointed Moulin Rouge!

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The Australian filmmaker Luhrmann, best known for the boisterous Bohemian musical Moulin Rouge!

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It cries out to be a Russian Moulin Rouge; it will only be a matter of time before we see Thomas on the big screen.

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Dodo made his dbut at the Moulin Rouge at eight o'clock on the evening of his first day in Paris.

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Its popularity, from the tourist viewpoint, at least, certainly falls far short of that enjoyed by the Moulin Rouge.

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No stately measure was this, but a vulgar caper of the Moulin Rouge that recked not of singers or of drum-beat.

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Beaufort had said that later on he might go to the Moulin Rouge.

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Down they come from the “Moulin Rouge,” shouting, singing, and yelling.

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