All 4 Uses of
vaudeville
in
Main Street
- Even Raymie lost his simple faith, and tried to show that he could do a vaudeville shuffle.†
Chpt 18 *
- It did not seem to be a tabloid university; it did not seem to be any kind of a university; it seemed to be a combination of vaudeville performance Y. M. C. A. lecture, and the graduation exercises of an elocution class.†
Chpt 19
- This altogether admirable tradition rules the vaudeville stage, facetious illustrators, and syndicated newspaper humor, but out of actual life it passed forty years ago.†
Chpt 22
- Erik gave an imitation of the Greek dancers he had seen in vaudeville, and when they sat down to picnic supper spread on a lap-robe on the grass, Cy climbed a tree to throw acorns at them.†
Chpt 30
Definition:
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(vaudeville) a variety show with songs and comic acts etc.