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)
- (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) […]
- 1934, Stage (volume 11, issues 7-12, page 7)
References
- 1940, Bernard Sobel, The Theatre Handbook and Digest of Plays (page 122)
- 1984, Jonathon Green, Newspeak