Collocations withcurtain
These are words often used in combination withcurtain.
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final curtain
His final curtain call was the tumble he took off his toilet, naked and with the hypodermic needle still stuck in his arm.
From theCambridge English Corpus
lace curtain
He has had sufficient advice and criticism cascading down on him to make his code look about as substantial as a lace curtain.
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red curtain
Partially hidden by the extensive theatrical red curtain that falls from the roof there is a balcony where a band plays a concert.
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Wikipedia
velvet curtain
We cannot allow the iron curtain between east and west to be replaced by a velvet curtain, dividing the haves from the have-nots.
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Hansard archive
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white curtain
Arenas were arranged in two lines on a table surrounded by a white curtain, and positional bias was limited by rotating every second arena by 180°.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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