raree show
English
editEtymology
editProbably representing a foreign or dialectal pronunciation of rare + show.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editraree show (plural raree shows)
- A portable puppet show or picture show as used for public entertainment; a peepshow. [from 17th c.]
- A public spectacle, especially seen as lurid or vulgar. [from 17th c.]
- 1925, Ford Madox Ford, No More Parades (Parade's End), Penguin, published 2012, page 335:
- Leaning forward she would be, on the seat of the general's illuminated car, glazed in, a regular raree show!