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vaudeville

[vawd-vil, vohd-, vaw-duh-] / ˈvɔd vɪl, ˈvoʊd-, ˈvɔ də- /
NOUN
entertainment
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He was playing, as they say in vaudeville, to a different "house".

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

Stewart purchased and is restoring the Highland Theatre, a cultural landmark that once hosted vaudeville acts.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026

For all its verbal vaudeville, though, this holiday pageant occasionally hints at Thomas’s abiding theme, death.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

It plays out cheerily as a kind of vaudeville show.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025

Like the guy in the old vaudeville skit, the guy in the folding cot that won’t stay folded, Jerome flipped straight up, wide awake.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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