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单词 go to Cain's
释义

go to Cain's

English

Etymology

From the name of a company in New York City that rented out props and costumes.

Verb

go to Cain's (third-person singular simple present goes to Cain's, present participle going to Cain's, simple past went to Cain's, past participle gone to Cain's)

  1. (US, theater, slang, dated) To close a show.
    • 1934, Stage (volume 11, issues 7-12, page 7)
      [] Norma Terris (who, so far as we had known, was born in Show Boat and went to Cain's with it) []

References

  • 1940, Bernard Sobel, The Theatre Handbook and Digest of Plays (page 122)
  • 1984, Jonathon Green, Newspeak
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