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tent show

American  

noun

  1. an exhibition or performance, especially a circus, presented in a tent.


Example Sentences

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That is certainly the case with “Ghost Town,” equal parts San Francisco Mime Troupe, Chautauqua Circuit tent show, chamber of commerce symposium and “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2016

That film, “Toby and the Tall Corn,” followed a tent show through the Midwest.

From New York Times • Mar. 25, 2011

He saw their first tent show in Santa Monica, Calif., many years ago with longtime lawyer and now estate co-executor, John Branca.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 20, 2010

Why has the television western far surpassed the popularity of its previous incarnations in the dime novel, the tent show, the wide screen?

From Time Magazine Archive

A tent show in staid, fashionable old Newport is an unheard-of undertaking, and we will have the honor, and, I may add, the profit of inaugurating the fashion.

From A Pirate of Parts by Neville, Richard