raree show
English
Etymology
Probably representing a foreign or dialectal pronunciation of rare + show.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɹɛːɹiʃəʊ/
Noun
raree show (plural raree shows)
- A portable puppet show or picture show as used for public entertainment; a peepshow. [from 17th c.]
- A public spectacle, especially seen as lurid or vulgar. [from 17th c.]
- 1925, Ford Madox Ford, No More Parades, Penguin 2012 (Parade's End), p. 335:
- 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, Penguin 2012 (Parade's End), p. 335:
Anagrams
- horsewear