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kid show

kid show noun: a carnival freak show.

Noun

kid show (plural kid shows)

  1. A carnival freak show.
    • CHARLES E. KELLEY, kid-show midget, whose home is in Birmingham, is employed as an electrician helper at Hunters Point Naval Drydocks, San Francisco.1944, Billboard, volume 56, number 39
    • The next year he framed a bingo game in Cleveland and in 1938 had a kid show on the W. C. (Spike) Huggins West Coast Shows. When war in Europe was declared in 1939 Glacy was touring the Hawaiian Islands with a freak show for E. K. Fernandez.1950, Billboard, volume 62, number 38, page 74

Forms of kid show

pluralkid shows

Origin of kid show

Some sources suggest that these shows are aimed at children, others that the performers are regarded as children.

Questions about kid show

What does kid show mean?
Kid show means a carnival freak show.
What part of speech is kid show?
Kid show is a noun.
What is the plural of kid show?
The plural of kid show is kid shows.

Words near kid show in the dictionary

  1. kid leather
  2. kid leathers
  3. kid on
  4. kid on the square
  5. kid porn
  6. kid show
  7. kid shows
  8. kid sister
  9. kid sisters
  10. Kid Starver
  11. kid stuff

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