backcloth
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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"Long gone are the days when pantomime is a tatty backcloth, a funny little band and people coming on doing sketch comedy," he says.
From BBC • Dec. 4, 2015
On his fashion backcloth, this designer reached perfection.
From New York Times • Feb. 26, 2012
I do this to provide the backcloth to the main purpose of this statement.
From New York Times • Jul. 17, 2011
Against this backcloth it is impertinent to expect them to apologise for the deal they struck at the crossroads to buy more defensive resolution in return for the sale of part of their soul.
From The Guardian • Jul. 10, 2010
The whole landscape—beach and headland and sea and rock—quavered in front of my eyes like a stage backcloth.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
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