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

Example sentences :

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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