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Moving-picture show   /mˈuvɪŋ-pˈɪktʃər ʃoʊ/   Listen
Moving-picture show

noun
1.
A form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement.  Synonyms: film, flick, motion-picture show, motion picture, movie, moving picture, pic, picture, picture show.  "The film was shot on location"






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"Moving-picture show" Quotes from Famous Books



... diamonds to cheer him up, also, Abe," Morris added. "That feller got diamonds on him, Abe, like 'lectric lights on the front of a moving-picture show." ...
— Potash & Perlmutter - Their Copartnership Ventures and Adventures • Montague Glass

... a good-sized pond; and from this the snow had been cleared, giving the young folks an opportunity for skating, which every one of them enjoyed to the utmost. They also attended a concert given in the church one evening, and even went to a moving-picture show which had recently been ...
— Dave Porter and His Double - The Disapperarance of the Basswood Fortune • Edward Stratemeyer

... Nickelorion Moving-Picture Show is a public personage, who stands out on Fourteenth Street, New York, wearing a gorgeous light-blue coat of numerous brass buttons. He nods to all the patrons, and his nod is the most cordial in town. Mr. Wrenn ...
— Our Mr. Wrenn - The Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man • Sinclair Lewis

... too!" added Shadow. "I'd like first-rate to see myself on the screen in a moving-picture show," and his eyes ...
— Dave Porter At Bear Camp - The Wild Man of Mirror Lake • Edward Stratemeyer



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