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
What other American city has inspired a composer of opera to sing of conviviality and to create a footlight hero in the image of a jolly brewer?
From Time Magazine Archive
A sharp footlight on the whole situation glares at Smith College.
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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