bioscope
Americannoun
noun
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a kind of early film projector
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a South African word for cinema
Etymology
Origin of bioscope
Example Sentences
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In becoming a movie house, the Olympic reverts to the building's previous life as Byfield Hall, a historic entertainment venue whose attractions included the bioscope, an early form of cinema.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2013
Or rather, back of the "bioscope," a word for the cinema in South Africa in the old days.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 11, 2013
The bioscope," Louise decided firmly, "I refuse to have anything to do with.
From The Hillman by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
Yesterday this would have been to him nothing but a dead bioscope picture; now, though he still sat an onlooker in the pit, it was a living human drama at which he gazed.
From The Seventh Noon by Edmund Frederick
I see, little sir, that you don't like this bioscope.
From Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda
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