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raree show en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɹɛːɹiʃəʊ/ (UK)

Etymology

Probably representing a foreign or dialectal pronunciation of rare + show.

Meanings

  1. A portable puppet show or picture show as used for public entertainment; a peepshow.
  2. A public spectacle, especially seen as lurid or vulgar.
    • 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 (Parade's End), Penguin, published 2012, page 335:

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