the pictures
Preserved but no longer current.
Meaning · English
A colloquial and convenient way of referring to a cinematograph entertain- ment.
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Examples
Are these the pictures that you took in Boston?Có phải đây là những bức ảnh bạn chụp ở Boston không?
Tatoeba sentence #3024506 (CC BY 2.0 FR, tatoeba.org, retrieved 2026-07-31)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “the pictures” mean?
A colloquial and convenient way of referring to a cinematograph entertain- ment.
Is “the pictures” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.