vaudevillian

[vawd-vil-yuh n, vohd-, vaw-duh-]

noun

Also vaude·vil·list. a person who writes for or performs in vaudeville.

adjective

of, relating to, or characteristic of vaudeville.

Origin of vaudevillian

First recorded in 1925–30; vaudeville + -ian

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Contemporary Examples of vaudevillian

But feverish speculation and the constant patter of Vaudevillian innuendo came to overshadow more serious business.
Francois Hollande Announces Breakup with First Lady Valerie Trierweiler
Tracy McNicoll
January 26, 2014

British Dictionary definitions for vaudevillian

vaudevillian

noun also: vaudevillist

a person who writes for or performs in vaudeville

adjective

of, characteristic of, or relating to vaudeville

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Word Origin and History for vaudevillian

1913, from vaudeville + -ian.