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• In fact, that goes back to the days of vaudeville and beyond.2017, Ivan Cury, “Reality Programming”, in Directing and Producing for Television: A Format Approach, 5th edition, New York, N.Y.…. From the entry amateur hour
• They taught the twins to play saxophone and transferred them from the sideshow to vaudeville.2005, Joe Nickell, Secrets of the Sideshows, page 126. From the entry sideshow
• Their theatrical performances consisted of buxom chorines, weepy soubrettes, vaudeville acts, and a piano-pounding "professor".1964, John Hendrix, If I Can Do It Horseback: A Cow-Country Sketchbook, page 40. From the entry chorine
• Sunday vaudeville is the best showcase in town." Betty could scarcely breathe.1960, Rowland Barber, “Mlle. Fifi from Paris, France”, in The Night They Raided Minsky’s: A Fanciful Expedition to the Lost Atlantis of…. From the entry mama
• The double-handed conversation had started to resemble a vaudeville act.2010, Malcolm Pryce, Last Tango in Aberystwyth, →ISBN. From the entry double-handed
• Hill turns into a kind of cerebral vaudeville.2009 August 21, The New York Times, “Theater Listings: Aug. 21 27”, in New York Times. From the entry miniseason
• Burley shows came to Times Square after vaudeville started its decline, and took over many of the darkened old theaters.2004 August 12, Vicki Gold Levi, Steven Heller, Times Square Style: Graphics from the Great White Way, Princeton Architectural Press, →ISBN. From the entry burley
• One of the most popular was Harry Lauder, whose persona as a bekilted Scots vaudeville minstrel was instantly recognized world-wide.2002, Aviel Roshwald, Richard Stites, editors, European Culture in the Great War: The Arts, Entertainment and Propaganda, 1914-1918…. From the entry bekilted
• "About the only job left that a woman can beat a man in is female impersonator in vaudeville."1908, O. Henry, “The Hand That Riles The World”, in The Gentle Grafter. From the entry female impersonator
• If they sounded like a headline act in vaudeville, it was an amusing and telling coincidence, for in many ways they were the archpractitioners of news as low-budget entertainment.1991, Liz Trotta, Fighting for Air, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 318. From the entry archpractitioner
• His coat was cut on the lines of one who plays Big Time in vaudeville, and was supplied with many pockets set in unexpected spots and at curious angles.1921 November 23, Leonard Hatch, “My Heart Leaps Up”, in The Outlook. From the entry on the lines of

Meaning of vaudeville

1. noun A style of multi-act theatrical entertainment which originated from France and flourished in Europe and North America from the 1880s through the 1920s.
2. noun An entertainment in this style.

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How do you use vaudeville in a sentence?

Vaudeville is used as a noun. For example: “Sterling was born in Baltimore on June 24, 1915, to Jack Sexton and Edna Cable, veteran performers in vaudeville, showboats and stock companies.”

What is a short sentence with vaudeville?

“Hill turns into a kind of cerebral vaudeville.”

What does vaudeville mean?

Vaudeville means a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment which originated from France and flourished in Europe and North America from the 1880s through the 1920s.