See raree show on Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "Probably representing a foreign or dialectal pronunciation of rare + show.",
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"A portable puppet show or picture show as used for public entertainment; a peepshow."
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"ref": "1925, Ford Madox Ford, No More Parades (Parade's End), Penguin, published 2012, page 335:",
"text": "Leaning forward she would be, on the seat of the general's illuminated car, glazed in, a regular raree show!",
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"A public spectacle, especially seen as lurid or vulgar."
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"etymology_text": "Probably representing a foreign or dialectal pronunciation of rare + show.",
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