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variety show
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun variety show has 1 sense
- variety show(n = noun.communication) variety - a show consisting of a series of short unrelated performances; Array is a kind of show
has particulars: minstrel show, review, revue, music hall, vaudeville
CIDE DICTIONARY
variety show,
A stage entertainment, live or televised, of successive separate performances, usually songs, dances, acrobatic feats, dramatic sketches, exhibitions of trained animals, or any specialties. When performed live in a theater, it was often called a vaudeville show , but when television became a dominant form of entertainment live vaudeville performances almost completely ceased. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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