Marquee
Marquee noun - Large and often sumptuous tent.
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Sign and marquee are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sign" instead a noun "Marquee".
Nearby Word: marque
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Much of the Strip exterior of Planet Hollywood consists of giant screens, each airing a different set of ads; Wynn Las Vegas adds the twist that its marquee is taller than it is wide, and the hotel sign travels up and down it to "change" the ads.
Source: Frank's 2000-Inch TV -
The title of the album Bee Thousand at least sort of has an explanation - Supposedly Robert Pollard passed a theater that was showing Beethoven, but on the marquee the title was misspelled as "Beethouen" note Most likely the theater just didn't have any v's left among it's sign letters.
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It's actually about the band (in cowboy outfits) stealing a marquee sign from what appears to be a Russ Meyer-esque burlesque troupe (or something like that), only to find out that said burlesque girls can and do thoroughly kick their asses.
Source: Music / The Killers
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