raree show
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rar·ee show
(râr′ē)n.
1. See peepshow.
2. A street show.
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raree show
(ˈrɛəriː)n
1. a street show or carnival
2. another name for peepshow
[C17: raree from rare1]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
rar′ee show`
(ˈrɛər i)n.
1. peep show.
2. a carnival or street show.
[1695–1705; allegedly imitative of a foreign pronoun of rare show]
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