Picturedromen.
/ˈpɪktʃədrəʊm/, U.S. /ˈpɪk(t)ʃərˌdroʊm/ British (now chiefly historical).
(A name for) a cinema.
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bioscope1902
picture house1906
picture theatre1906
kinema1908
Picturedrome1908
picture palace1908
cinema1911
movie1911
movie house1912
movie palace1913
movie theatre1913
theatre1923
Odeon1930
1908 Daily Mail (Hull) 14 Aug. 3/2 Picturedrome is a place where father, mother, and the ‘kiddies’ can spend a profitable two hours, for many of the pictures are highly educational and the others a cure for the dumps.
1911 Times 7 Apr. 4/6 The loss of profit arose through the failure of certain advertised Picturedrome performances.
1918 A. Quiller-Couch Foe-Farrell 116 I dragged him and Petunia back into the shadow under the side-wall of the Picturedrome.
1932 N. Coward Mad about Boy in B. Day N. Coward: Compl. Lyrics (1998) 158/2 You can't go out again, you must stay home, You waste your money on that common Picturedrome.
1945 Gen 5 May 24/2 A cinema owner can extol the modernity of his ‘Picturedrome’.
2002 S. Wales Evening Post (Nexis) 15 Apr. 3 Taibach Nursing Home..used to be the town's Picturedrome.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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