curtains
Britishplural noun
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informal death or ruin; the end
if the enemy see us it will be curtains for us
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a hairstyle in which the hair is parted in the centre of the forehead and curved out over the temples
Example Sentences
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David is never lucid again, and as death comes, under a starry night, Sarah and Robert open the curtains and wait for morning.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Just when you think you’ve made it through, the exhibition has one last gruesome touch: To escape, you have to push your way through a set of bloody butcher curtains.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
"I can open my bedroom curtains and see dolphins out my window, it's so surreal, especially being from Kent where you don't really get much of that."
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
The construction site will be wrapped with underwater silt curtains but Leidich worries the marine lakes will be contaminated by sediment plumes.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
Hours later, when the morning light splintered through the bedroom curtains, I could barely lift my head from the pillow.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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