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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

A typical vaudeville show involved a series of 10-minute acts like stand-up comedy, dancing, singing and juggling.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 15, 2026

Prominent public figures such as Eleanor Roosevelt spoke there before it transitioned into a vaudeville venue.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 3, 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

She had a wonderful memory of journeying to a strange part of Brooklyn to see the great Sarah Bernhardt in a one-act play in a Keith vaudeville house.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith




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