picture show
AmericanEtymology
Origin of picture show
First recorded in 1865–70, in sense “exhibition of pictures” and in 1910–15 for current senses
Example Sentences
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"These figures, while not a complete picture, show what we've long feared," said Dr Jess Garland, the society's director of policy and research.
From BBC • May 19, 2023
But technicolor big screen picture show treatment just doesn’t jibe with the persona.
From The Guardian • Aug. 16, 2019
A twenty-eight-year-old white man, he had the stock handsomeness of an extra in a Western picture show: short brown hair, slate-blue eyes, square chin.
From The New Yorker • Mar. 1, 2017
And so at the end of Voyager’s 12-year-long cosmic picture show, scientists might have seen a preview of coming attractions.
From New York Times • Nov. 5, 2014
That night after supper Grandma said, “I suppose you kids want to go to the picture show,” meaning she wanted to go to the picture show.
From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck
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