Definition of Curtain Lecture in English :

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Curtain Lecture

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Noun

1. curtain lecture

a private lecture to a husband by his wife

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Curtain Lecture

see synonyms of curtain lecture
noun
a scolding or rebuke given in private, esp by a wife to her husband

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Curtain Lecture

see synonyms of curtain lecture
a private reprimand given by a wife to her husband
so called from the curtained beds in which such reproofs were conventionally given

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Curtain Lecture

see synonyms of curtain lecture
n.
A private reprimand given to a husband by his wife.

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