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silvercloth en · NOUN

Etymology

From silver + cloth.

Meanings

  1. (dated, no-plural) The world of motion pictures.
    • Madame Nazimova has brought a twentieth century Camille to the silvercloth. (Motion Picture Magazine, December 1921)
    • Mary Pickford is bringing the story-book children, beloved by young and old, to the silvercloth. (Motion Picture Magazine, November 1921)