a flat at each side of the stage to prevent the audience from seeing into the wings | (law) the partial taking away of the effectiveness of a law; a partial repeal or abolition of a law |
a device for teasing wool | a communication that belittles somebody or something |
a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution | |
an advertisement that offers something free in order to arouse customers' interest | |
an attention-getting opening presented at the start of a television show | |
someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity) | |
a worker who teases wool | |