curtain-twitcher

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noun

informal a person who likes to watch unobserved what other people are doing

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Words nearby curtain-twitcher

curtains, curtains for, be., curtain shutter, curtain speech, curtain time, curtain-twitcher, curtain wall, curtal, curtalax, curtal axe, curtana

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How to use curtain-twitcher in a sentence

After the curtain calls, Christopher comes back to explain a complicated math problem.
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They keep their heads low while running behind a large curtain covering the opening between two housing blocks.
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For anyone who cared to watch, the event and its denouement provided a graphic demonstration that the Iron Curtain was crumbling.
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The last time a Pope addressed the parliament in Strasbourg was in 1988 when an Iron Curtain still divided the continent.
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The insurrectionists seemed actors in a surreal episode of revolutionary play-acting in which the curtain was about to fall.
East Ukraine: Back in the USSR|Jamie Dettmer|November 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She walked away toward another door, which was masked with a curtain that she lifted.
Confidence|Henry James
I seized the opportunity to watch what I supposed would be a most interesting interview, from behind a curtain.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
She thrust a bare, white arm from the curtain which shielded her open door, and received the cup from his hands.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
We haven't even seen a review of the piece; the footlights go up with a jump, and now the curtain rises.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
The overture is over, the curtain is about to rise on the drama of Georgie's married life.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills