English Explanatory Dictionary

curtain lecture

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A scolding given by a wife to her husband in bed.

Word forms

curtain lecture curtain lectures

Etymology

An allusion to the curtains that hung around old-fashioned beds.

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