vauden.
/vɔːd//vəʊd/ North American colloquial.
Vaudeville (sense 2); a vaudeville theatre. Also attributive.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > variety, etc. > [adjective]
variety1868
music hall1870
vaudevillian1930
vaude1933
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > [noun] > other types of theatre
little theatre1569
private house1604
private playhouse1609
amphitheatre1611
private theatre1633
droll-house1705
summer theatre1761
show shop1772
national theatre1816
minor1821
legitimate1826
patent house1827
patent theatre1836
showboat1839
music theatre1849
penny-gaff1856
saloon theatre1864
leg shop1871
people's theatre1873
nickelodeon1888
repertory theatre1891
studio theatre1891
legit1897
blood-tub1906
rep1906
small-timer1910
grind house1923
theatrette1927
indie1928
vaude1933
straw hat1935
theatre-in-the-round1948
straw-hatter1949
bughouse1952
theatre-restaurant1958
dinner theatre1959
theatre club1961
black box1971
pub theatre1971
performance space1972
1933 Ladies' Home Jrnl. Mar. 21/3 He was wearing a cap with purple and green in it and the loudest checked suit I have ever seen on anybody outside of a vaud.
1951 A. Green & J. Laurie Show Biz (title) Show biz, from vaude to video.
1975 R. Davies World of Wonders (1977) i. viii. 105 A rabble of acts..which played for rotten pay in the worst vaude houses.
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