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
"So this is the kind of bioscope the master wanted me to see!"
From Autobiography of a Yogi by Yogananda, Paramahansa
And as Louie watched, with no more emotion than if the scene had been one on a coloured bioscope, he sang again: "Oryn—thia, my Belov�d!——"
From The Story of Louie by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]
The bioscope," Louise decided firmly, "I refuse to have anything to do with.
From The Hillman by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)
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