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
But her husband, neither statesman nor footlight celebrity remained one of those Englishmen with 10,000 acres and nothing particular to do.
From Time Magazine Archive
So the coarse, curbside intonations of The Bronx were erased with intuitive skill at the flare of a footlight and the rise of a curtain.
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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