Orange Curtain
n.— «What of the stereotype of the unsophisticated shopper who lives “behind the Orange curtain?” » —“Orange County Opulence at Two Store-Opening Galas” by Jeannine Stein Los Angeles Times Oct. 27, 1986. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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