raree show
Englisch
Etymology
Probably representing a foreign or dialectal pronunciation of rare + show.
Pronunciation
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|lang=parameter) IPA(key): /ˈɹɛːɹiʃəʊ/
Nomen
raree show (plural raree shows)
- A portable puppet show or picture show as used for public entertainment; a peepshow. [from 17th c.]
- A public spectacle, especially seen as lurid oder vulgar. [from 17th c.]
- 1925, Ford Madox Ford, No More Parades, Penguin 2012 (Parade's End), p. 335:
- Leaning forward she would be, on the seat of the general's illuminated car, glazed in, a regular raree show!
- 1925, Ford Madox Ford, No More Parades, Penguin 2012 (Parade's End), p. 335: