Etymology
Origin of footlight
Example Sentences
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Once, he slipped onstage, and his foot went through a footlight bulb.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 20, 2017
Charlie Calvert’s inviting set is like a miniature old theater, illuminated with footlight accents by Nancy Schertler, and Helen Q. Huang’s attractive costumes are clownish yet elegant.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 6, 2017
The second part features Patricia McBride and Jean-Pierre Bonnefous as a couple of turn-of-the-century footlight entertainers who dance to old music-hall songs.
From Time Magazine Archive
Such broad strokes of old-fashioned footlight hokum seem glaringly magnified by the realistic eye of Director Michael Gordon's camera.
From Time Magazine Archive
His cap looked like a solitary green footlight.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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