raree show
i Origin:
1695–1705; allegedly imitative of a foreign pronunciation of rare show
1695–1705; allegedly imitative of a foreign pronunciation of rare show
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| —n | |
| 1. | a street show or carnival |
| 2. | another name for peepshow |
| [C17: raree from | |
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Raree show
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
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Word Origin & History
raree show
"peep show contained in a box," c.1681, so called "in imitation of the foreign way of pronouncing rare show" [Johnson]. "Johnson's statement is prob. correct; the early exhibitors of peep-shows appear to have been usually Savoyards, from whom the form was no doubt adopted" [OED]. Early "peep shows" were
more innocent than what usually is meant now by that word.
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