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Definition of Curtain call
1. Noun. An appearance by actors or performers at the end of the concert or play in order to acknowledge the applause of the audience.
Definition of Curtain call
1. Noun. The moment at the end of a performance when actors come back on the stage and thank the audience for applauding them for their performance. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Curtain Call
Literary usage of Curtain call
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dial edited by Francis Fisher Browne (1897)
"Mr. Stoddard's part in the exercises of the evening consisted in the reading of "
A curtain call," written for the occasion, from which we make the ..."
2. Music (1899)
"... and when the curtain fell were hurried off to make ready for a curtain call
for the singer. One novice, however, did not heed the.order, and was in the ..."
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