picture house

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noun

mainly British an old-fashioned name for cinema (def. 1a)

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to remove or destroy all traces of.

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Words nearby picture house

picture, picture book, picture card, picture disc, picture hat, picture house, picture is worth a thousand words, one, picture layout, picture messaging, picture mold, picture moulding

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Example sentences from the Web for picture house

I was aware that this question had been waiting for an answer ever since we had left that picture-house in Shaftesbury Avenue.
The Tower of Oblivion|Oliver Onions
It was just like any other picture-house except that it had a small organ built into the wall high up in one corner.
The Tower of Oblivion|Oliver Onions
The picture-house and the bicycle have damaged the brewer and the publican.
Progress and History|Various