Curtain Lecture Definition
noun
A private reprimand given by a wife to her husband, as in bed.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Curtain Lecture
Noun
Singular:
curtain lecturePlural:
curtain lecturesOrigin of Curtain Lecture
So called because it was originally given in a curtained bed
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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