floor show

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noun
  1. a nightclub entertainment typically consisting of a series of singing, dancing, and often comedy acts.

Origin of floor show

1
First recorded in 1925–30

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How to use floor show in a sentence

  • We'll have some fun—take in a floor show—drink a little meth.

    Brink of Madness | Walter J. Sheldon
  • Soon, dinners were brought and after that the floor show began.

    Whispering Walls | Mildred A. Wirt
  • Snap your fingers and there's a big banquet with the best floor show in the world.

    The Common Man | Guy McCord (AKA Dallas McCord Reynolds)
  • He had no desire whatever, when dinner and the floor show were over, to leave Luba.

    Occasion for Disaster | Gordon Randall Garrett
  • You look a little peaked; let's have a little drink and then we will go in and see the floor show.

    Hookers | Richard F. Mann

British Dictionary definitions for floor show

floor show

noun
  1. a series of entertainments, such as singing, dancing, and comedy acts, performed in a nightclub

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