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2. Lace curtain and shanty Irish - Wikipedia

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   Lace curtain Irish and shanty Irish are terms that were commonly used in the 19th and 20th centuries to categorize Irish people, particularly Irish Americans, by social class. The "lace curtain Irish" were those who were well off, while the "shanty Irish" were the poor, who were presumed to live in shanties , or roughly built cabins.

3. Theater drapes and stage curtains - Wikipedia

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   Traditionally white or natural colored cloth, cycloramas now come in various colors of white, grey, light blue and the green or blue curtains used in Chroma key (greenscreen) work may also be called cycloramas. With projected scenery, cycs and scrims may be used as drops, by employing either front or rear projection.

4. The League of Frightened Men - Wikipedia

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   In his limited-edition pamphlet, Collecting Mystery Fiction #9, Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe Part I, Otto Penzler describes the first edition of The League of Frightened Men: "Black cloth, gold lettering on front cover and spine; rear cover blank. Issued in a mainly black, white and gray pictorial dust wrapper …

5. 20 iconic slang words from Black Twitter that shaped pop culture

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   As Meredith D. Clark, an associate professor at Northeastern University working to archive the Black web, explained to the University of Virginia: "Black Twitter doesn't have a gateway, a secret ...

6. Curtain - Wikipedia

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   Sash curtains are used to cover the lower sash of the windows. Rod pocket curtains have a channel sewn into the top of the fabric. A curtain rod is passed through the channel to hang. [15] Thermal or blackout curtains use very tightly woven fabric, usually in multiple layers. They not only block out the light, but can also serve as an acoustic ...

7. The Curtains in the House of the Metaphysician - Wikipedia

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   An image like the one in "Curtains" is the "crisp lettuce" that Stevens sought in a poem. [2] The motions of curtains are associated with motions seen of an afternoon and the motions of transition to evening. These associations charge the scene with an air of mystery, leading the reader to a splendid vision of the firmament.