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medicine show

med·i·cine show
M m

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [med-uh-sin or, esp. British, med-suh n shoh]
    • /ˈmɛd ə sɪn or, esp. British, ˈmɛd sən ʃoʊ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [med-uh-sin or, esp. British, med-suh n shoh]
    • /ˈmɛd ə sɪn or, esp. British, ˈmɛd sən ʃoʊ/

Definitions of medicine show words

  • noun medicine show a traveling troupe, especially in the late 1800s, offering entertainment in order to attract customers for the patent medicines or purported cures proffered for sale. 1
  • noun medicine show a show given by entertainers who traveled from town to town, in order to sell cure-alls and nostrums 0
  • noun medicine show A traveling presentation which sells miracle cures and other products between various entertainment acts. 0
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Origin of medicine show

First appearance:

before 1935
One of the 8% newest English words
An Americanism dating back to 1935-40

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Parts of speech for Medicine show

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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medicine show popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 27% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data about 66% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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