curtains
(colloquial, oenology) A ring of clear liquid, forming into drops, near the top of a glass of fortified wine; the result of differential evaporation of alcohol and subsequent changes in surface tensio
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$20.00USD – 2003 Simplicity Sewing Pattern 5532 Window Treatments 5 Styles Curtains Vtg 1269 – Used
Exclusive Interview: LYNNE GRIFFIN looks back on the making of the 1983 slasher classic “CURTAINS” https://ow.ly/wo2K50YV6n9
Morning Kevin. Having the study measured for curtains this morning, then off to the gym as soon as that's done. This afternoon, a little admin and maybe assemble a storage rack in the garage.
I'm with you that 6 stories is too conservative, but I struggle to update my priors when we get into the domain of the US high rise code. Does a 20-story single-stair building in Sweden have stair pressurization? Vest…
Good news: I found my dollar store hair straightener that is quite possibly old enough to make an account here if it was alive! Its for crafting :) Bad news: the curtains I'm turning into pants dont melt so making su…
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(colloquial, oenology) A ring of clear liquid, forming into drops, near the top of a glass of fortified wine; the result of differential evaporation of alcohol and subsequent changes in surface tension; an example of the Marangoni effect.
“$20.00USD – 2003 Simplicity Sewing Pattern 5532 Window Treatments 5 Styles Curtains Vtg 1269 – Used”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Morning Kevin. Having the study measured for curtains this morning, then off to the gym as soon as that's done. This afternoon, a little admin and maybe assemble a storage rack in the garage.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Good news: I found my dollar store hair straightener that is quite possibly old enough to make an account here if it was alive! Its for crafting :) Bad news: the curtains I'm turning into pants dont melt so making sure these things don't fray to death is gonna be harder.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I just published Why Demand for PVC Strip Curtains Is Rising in India’s Logistics Sector medium.com/p/why-demand...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Benefits of Air Curtains in Warehouses open.substack.com/pub/khushi50...”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(gay slang, US, uncommon) The foreskin.
He called curtains on his double decade cricket career on Tuesday.
“Exclusive Interview: LYNNE GRIFFIN looks back on the making of the 1983 slasher classic “CURTAINS” https://ow.ly/wo2K50YV6n9”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I'm with you that 6 stories is too conservative, but I struggle to update my priors when we get into the domain of the US high rise code. Does a 20-story single-stair building in Sweden have stair pressurization? Vestibules? Smoke curtains in front of the elevator shaft?”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I opened my curtains when I got up and said "Oh, it's normal out".”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I'm so behind on celebrity gossip that I found out Harry Styles and Zoe Kravitz were a thing from a reddit post about Channing Tatum. (Granted most celebrity gossip is Curtains for Zoosha to me these days.)”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Similar I suppose but I mandolin'd my thumb and sprayed blood over the curtains in the kitchen as I screamed my way to the sink. Just red sprays. Everywhere.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(figuratively, in reference to curtains closing at the end of a stage show) An end or death.
He called curtains on his double decade cricket career on Tuesday.
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