First Known Use: 1633
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curtain lecture
noun
Definition of CURTAIN LECTURE
: a private lecture by a wife to her husband
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Origin of CURTAIN LECTURE
from its originally being given behind the curtains of a bed
Rhymes with CURTAIN LECTURE
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