"picture show" meaning in All languages combined

See picture show on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: picture shows [plural]
Etymology: Short for motion-picture show. Although the collocation per se (noun adjunct + noun) predates motion pictures, previously having referred occasionally to the display of collections of illustrations, its status as a compound noun comes from its motion-picture sense. Head templates: {{en-noun}} picture show (plural picture shows)
  1. (dated) Synonym of movie Tags: dated Synonyms: movie [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-picture_show-en-noun-dIbeyymZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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