Usually means: Private reprimand by a spouse.
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  1. curtain lecture: Merriam-Webster
  2. curtain lecture: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. curtain lecture: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. curtain lecture: Collins English Dictionary
  5. curtain lecture: Vocabulary.com
  6. curtain lecture: Wordnik
  7. curtain lecture: Wiktionary
  8. curtain lecture: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Curtain lecture, curtain lecture: Dictionary.com
  10. curtain lecture: Rhymezone
  11. curtain-lecture: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  12. Curtain Lecture: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  13. curtain lecture: FreeDictionary.org
  14. curtain lecture: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. curtain lecture: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. curtain lecture: Wordcraft Dictionary

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▸ noun:  A scolding given by a wife to her husband in bed.

Similar:
hearing, scolding, talking-to, berating, chiding, jawing, browbeating, talking to, flyting, pillow talk, more...

Opposite:
curtain raiser, public announcement, public disclosure

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Similar:
hearing, scolding, talking-to, berating, chiding, jawing, browbeating, talking to, flyting, pillow talk, more...

Opposite:
curtain raiser, public announcement, public disclosure



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