picture palace
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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About five years ago, a mystery woman dropped off a bin bag filled with almost 30 old ledgers detailing about 40 years of early activity at the picture palace.
From BBC • Dec. 23, 2021
The picture palace in the center of Thailand’s capital, the city’s last standalone big-screen cinema, on Sunday screened its final offering.
From Washington Times • Jul. 5, 2020
All of the proposed headsets will come with cinema apps that put the user inside a virtual picture palace with an ordinary flat screen.
From Economist • Aug. 27, 2015
The Capitol was a rather gaunt, barn-like picture palace, with a wooden floor and seats covered with balding plush that gave off a curiously doggy smell.
From The Guardian • Aug. 3, 2012
Usually, it is a picture palace, for, in Acacia Grove, mothers are very strict as to the hours at which their young daughters shall be in.
From Nights in London by Burke, Thomas
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