Synonyms for side show

Grammar : Noun

Spell : sahyd-shoh

Phonetic Transcription : ˈsaɪdˌʃoʊ

Top 10 synonyms for side show

Other synonyms for the word side show

Définition of side show

Origin : also side-show, 1855, "minor exhibition alongside or near a principal one," apparently a coinage of P.T. Barnum's, from side (adj.) + show (n.). Hence, any diversion or distracting event.

As in carnival : noun outdoor celebration

Example sentences :

And I don't want the side show to dim the performance in the big top.
Extract from : « David Lannarck, Midget » by George S. Harney

The side show, we are warned, is shaping the policy of the main tent.
Extract from : « If You Don't Write Fiction » by Charles Phelps Cushing

We all have the feeling it is "the big effort," and not a side show.
Extract from : « The Secrets of a Kuttite » by Edward O. Mousley

In foreground, tables and benches; side show of some funny sort.
Extract from : « Martha » by W. Friedrich

They is the side show, fur instance, and they is the grand concert afterward.
Extract from : « Danny's Own Story » by Don Marquis

As his guests they stayed for the concert; and, following this, they patronised the side show in a body.
Extract from : « From Place to Place » by Irvin S. Cobb

"But you'll be part of the side show in the yard," and they explained the latest plan of running the program.
Extract from : « Ethel Morton's Enterprise » by Mabell S.C. Smith

Dat fall a side show was goin' on in Columbia, showin' a petrified man, you had to pay twenty-five cents to go in and see it.
Extract from : « Slave Narratives Vol. XIV. South Carolina, Part 2 » by Works Projects Administration

"This here ain't no side show Docallison is a runnin'," Mammy would say.
Extract from : « Back at School with the Tucker Twins » by Nell Speed

It was a most miserable birthday, but in the evening we had a side show, which I encouraged.
Extract from : « The Secrets of a Kuttite » by Edward O. Mousley

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