curtain cord

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• Curtain — For other uses, see Curtain (disambiguation). For religious use, see Veil. Curtains at a Bed Breakfast. A curtain (sometimes known as a drape, mainly in the United States) is a piece of cloth intended to block or obscure light, or drafts, or… …   Wikipedia

• illusion — n. a false perception due to misinterpretation of the stimuli arising from an object. For example, a patient may misinterpret a curtain cord as a snake. Illusions can occur in normal people, when they are usually spontaneously corrected. They may …   The new mediacal dictionary

• gunpoint — /ˈgʌnpɔɪnt/ (say gunpoynt) phrase at gunpoint, under the threat of a gun held at very close range: *The bandits held them at gunpoint and bound them with curtain cord. –sun, 1988 …  

• dan´gler — dan|gle «DANG guhl», verb, gled, gling, noun. –v.i. 1. to hang and swing loosely: »The curtain cord dangles. Figurative. Some choppy editing abruptly disposes of whole characters, leaving several plot lines dangling (Eugene Archer). SYNONYM(S):… …   Useful english dictionary

• dan|gle — «DANG guhl», verb, gled, gling, noun. –v.i. 1. to hang and swing loosely: »The curtain cord dangles. Figurative. Some choppy editing abruptly disposes of whole characters, leaving several plot lines dangling (Eugene Archer). SYNONYM(S): flap,… …   Useful english dictionary

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