| 单词 | medicine show |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmedicine show medicine show n. North American a travelling show in which entertainers attract customers to whom medicine can be sold; also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > a public show or spectacle > type of show or spectacle > [noun] > other shows or spectacles raree-show1718 cattle-show1815 flower-show1845 baby show1854 trade show1854 horse-show1856 dress parade1870 field show1870 bottle show1883 medicine show1903 aquacade1937 icecapade1940 talent show1955 1903 R. L. McCardell Conversat. Chorus Girl 15 Why, with that medicine show's twenty-four sheet stands. 1938 H. Asbury Sucker's Progress 355 Minnie and Colorado Charley then organized a medicine show with which they traveled through Mexico and Central America. 1970 P. Oliver Savannah Syncopators 96 With the demise of the work song, the blues became the song vehicle to accompany labour and, in earlier years, for the medicine show or the barber shop. 1989 C. R. Wilson & W. Ferris Encycl. Southern Culture 1247/1 There were tent shows.., water circuses, and medicine shows. < as lemmas |
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