raree show
Americannoun
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a street show or carnival
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another name for peepshow
Etymology
Origin of raree show
First recorded in 1695–1705; allegedly imitative of a foreign pronunciation of rare show
Example Sentences
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What's past is not to come, with a hey, with a hey, Now safe is David's bum, with a ho; Then hey for Oxford ho, Strong government, raree show, With a hey, &c.
From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07 by Scott, Walter, Sir
Q. Has this raree show caused you to wish to enlist in the Royal Navy?
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, August 15, 1891 by Various
After the vice-regal raree show was over, and that the grand folk had been properly bowed into their carriages, and had fairly driven away, there was some diversion to be had.
From Tales and Novels — Volume 09 by Edgeworth, Maria
"Am I a raree show to be peeped at and watched and spied upon?"
From Black Bartlemy's Treasure by Farnol, Jeffery
The anxious reader must not suppose that we were standing all this while, with finger in mouth, idly gaping like children on a raree show.
From The Life of General Francis Marion by Weems, M. L. (Mason Locke)
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