picture show

English

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.

Noun

picture show (plural picture shows)

  1. (dated) Synonym of movie.
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