medicine show

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noun

a traveling troupe, especially in the late 1800s, offering entertainment in order to attract customers for the patent medicines or purported cures proffered for sale.

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Origin of medicine show

An Americanism dating back to 1935–40

Words nearby medicine show

medicine dropper, Medicine Hat, medicine lodge, medicine man, medicine shop, medicine show, medicine wheel, medicine woman, medick, medico, medicochirurgical

How to use medicine show in a sentence

They could be revival show tents or medicine show circus tents; McTell had connections to both.
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This has nothing to do with the old school of lightning rod salesmen trained in medicine show methods.
If You're Going to Live in the Country|Thomas H. Ormsbee and Richmond Huntley
Every medicine show or other show that comes to town has to git a permit from me, else they can't show.
Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue on an Auto Tour|Laura Lee Hope
Mr. Brown asked several persons there about the traveling medicine show with the colored banjo player.
Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue on an Auto Tour|Laura Lee Hope

"Bunny thinks that colored banjo player with that medicine show may be Fred Ward," said Mrs. Brown.
Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue on an Auto Tour|Laura Lee Hope
After running away from home he joined the medicine show, because it gave him a chance to play the banjo he liked so well.
Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue on an Auto Tour|Laura Lee Hope