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main rag
 n.— Â«So were stagehands aligning a towering red scaffold to begin a two-day job of erecting the teal curtain, the “main rag” in theater parlance.» â€”“State Theatre readies for grand opening” by Chris Rosenblum in State College Centre Daily Times (Pennsylvaia) Dec. 11, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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