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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But technicolor big screen picture show treatment just doesn’t jibe with the persona.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 16, 2019
To the world, we were a taxi, not two boys in a car coming home from the picture show.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 30, 2018
Volleyball in a hijab: Does this picture show a culture clash?
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2016
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
Ophie could not see Mama parting with a nickel, let alone a whole quarter for a picture show.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
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