Definition of "final curtain" [final curtain]

• The end to something which has lasted for a long time (noun)

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• "Other books by NGAIO MARSH available in Berkley Editions: final curtain died in the wool death and the dancing footman"
• "I played a shepherd strangled before the final curtain by Bud Cole, my football teammate, fraternity brother, and one of my best friends."