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Synonyms for variety show
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : vuh-rahy-i-tee |
Phonetic Transcription : vəˈraɪ ɪ ti |
Définition of variety show
Origin :- 1530s, from Middle French variété, from Latin varietatem (nominative varietas) "difference, diversity," from varius "various" (see vary). In reference to "music hall or theatrical performances of a mixed nature," first recorded 1868, American English.
- noun show with various acts
- Afterwards, having nothing to do, I went to a variety show at the Alhambra.
- Extract from : « The Stretton Street Affair » by William Le Queux
- Was he drunk when you would see him around this variety show?
- Extract from : « The Great Strike on the 'Q' » by John A. Hall
- What a tenderfoot he would have been in a mining camp; what a guy at a variety show!
- Extract from : « A Yankee from the West » by Opie Read
- Yet almost every evening after dinner he goes alone to one or other of the theatres, or to the variety show at the Trianon.
- Extract from : « The Stretton Street Affair » by William Le Queux
- And then, the same week, my chum and room-mate ran away with a Doraflora girl of some variety show and married her.
- Extract from : « The Flying Mercury » by Eleanor M. Ingram
- She has since been broken up, after being employed, among other things, as a sort of variety show.
- Extract from : « The Story of The Atlantic Cable » by Charles Bright
- In one of the dullest towns of France, I sat with a Parisian at a variety show.
- Extract from : « To Tell You the Truth » by Leonard Merrick
- The variety show—— No, she must shut out that image, at least; it was enough to drive one mad to sit and think of it.
- Extract from : « The Gadfly » by E. L. Voynich
- She told me that if I hadn't a quarter to go and see a variety show, she would lend me one.
- Extract from : « Wanted: A Cook » by Alan Dale
- There was at this time a temporary prevalence of negro minstrelsy and the variety show.
- Extract from : « Americanisms and Briticisms » by Brander Matthews
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