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curtain lecture
cur·tain lec·ture (plural cur·tain lec·tures)


noun 
Definition:
 
wife's private scolding of husband: a private reprimand given to a man by his wife ( dated )

[Because originally delivered within the privacy of drawn bed curtains]
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