lace curtain

collocation in English

meaningsoflaceandcurtain

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lace
noun
uk
/leɪs/us
/leɪs/
a decorative cloth made by twisting thin thread in delicate patterns with holes ...
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curtain
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkɜː.tən/us
/ˈkɝː.tən/
a piece of material, especially cloth, that hangs across a window or opening to make a room or part of a room dark ...
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(Definition oflaceandcurtainfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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He has had sufficient advice and criticism cascading down on him to make his code look about as substantial as alacecurtain.
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I call it the "lacecurtainpoor".
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We are dealing with old ladies behind lace curtains, some of whom would rather starve than apply for assistance.
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They produce lace curtains, napery and so on to a total value of about £6 million per annum.
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The only products of the lace industry at present made for the home market are lace curtains and hair nets.
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Old people fear it and hide from it behind the lace curtains of their homes.
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They could not get flags, and so to show their patriotism they hung out their lace curtains.
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Of the four trades, the most exposed to competition is lace curtains and net curtains.
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Is it not time that the people of this country had a fair share of the lace curtains that are made here?
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I hope to be able to arrange shortly for the production of a small quantity of lace curtains for sale in the home market.
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Perhaps the tragedy of these lives is that they go on to a very large extent in secrecy, in privacy, almost concealed behind lace curtains in back streets.
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I am not in a position to state the number of machines used in the lace industry, or to give particulars of the output of lace curtains for particular districts.
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Supposedly the fire started when someone threw an unextinguished match out of a second-floor window and the wind blew it against the lace curtains.
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A few restaurants and bars catered to tourists who could drive by weathered empty homes with lace curtains still hanging in broken windows.
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Female students could, however, request lace curtains in addition to the regular fabric curtains for their rooms.
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Lace curtains or splintered wood would be recreated using brushes of a single hair.
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White lace curtains are usually installed in the rear window, instead of tinted windows, which are perceived to attract unwarranted attention.
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