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
We had expected to see the whole surface of the Mediterranean almost as busy as State and Madison, or Broadway and Forty-second—craft of all descriptions criss-crossing the blue ripples, a continuous aquatic bioscope.
From In Pastures New by Ade, George
He might have been operating that bioscope the night before, be due back the next, and just having a look at things in France on his night off.
From Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)
And the introduction of the cinematograph, or the bioscope, or whatever it may be called, is, perhaps, the only real novelty in our latter-day variety-show.
From A Book About the Theater by Matthews, Brander
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