Definitions for curtain raiser

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

cur′tain rais`er(n.)

a short play preceding the main play.
Category: Showbiz
any preliminary event or performance.
Category: Common Vocabulary, Showbiz

Origin of curtain raiser:

1885–90

Princeton's WordNet

curtain raiser(noun)
any preliminary activity
curtain raiser(noun)
a short play presented before the main play

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