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Definition of Coulisses
1. coulisse [n] - See also: coulisse
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coulisses
Literary usage of Coulisses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, George Walter Prothero, John Gibson Lockhart, John Murray, Whitwell Elwin, John Taylor Coleridge, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, William Macpherson, William Smith (1875)
"Foyers et coulisses ; Histoire anecdotique de tous les Théâtres de Paris : Comédie
Française. Paris, 1874. IN the eventful year of 1871, ..."
2. The Mimic World and Public Exhibitions: Their History, Their Morals, and Effects by Olive Logan (1871)
"His Love of the coulisses.—"The Most Delightful Place in the World." — A Species
of Infatuation. — A Discontented Manager. — An Actress who "Married Well. ..."
3. The Writings of Lafcadio Hearn by Lafcadio Hearn (1922)
"LES coulisses » SOUVENIRS 0F A STRAKOSCH OPERA NIGHT SURELY it cannot have been
a poet who first inspired the popular mind with that widely spread and ..."
4. A Manual of French Phrases, and French Conversations: Adapted to Wanostrocht by Nicholas Marcellus Hentz (1824)
"Le décorateur obéit aux ordres du directeur qui lui avoit ordonné de repeindre
les coulisses. Jl n'a pas rougi de lui refuser une place dans la loge qu'il a ..."
5. My Adventures by Archibald Montgomery Maxwell (1845)
"... coincidence—An Italian waiting-maid—Behind the curtain—A disappointment—Patito-
ship—A female adjutant-general—The secrets of the coulisses— The senator ..."
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