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curtain raiser
noun as in short preliminary event
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Well, I've got an old curtain-raiser here, but it doesn't seem to fit in somehow.
"I'll admit that the axe work was good as a curtain raiser," remarked Tom.
This short curtain raiser being over, the first act of the drama began.
It is my opinion that your part in the affair is only a curtain-raiser to graver things.
They had made, Ted Hunter announced, a very short mystery reel which they would now run as a curtain-raiser to the main event.
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On this page you'll find 14 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to curtain raiser, such as: lead-in, warm up, countdown, curtain lifter, curtain warmer, and inaugural.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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