"kid show" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: kid shows [plural]
Etymology: Some sources suggest that these shows are aimed at children, others that the performers are regarded as children. Head templates: {{en-noun}} kid show (plural kid shows)
  1. A carnival freak show.
    Sense id: en-kid_show-en-noun-0K~lSY5Z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1950, Billboard, volume 62, number 38, page 74",
          "text": "The next year he framed a bingo game in Cleveland and in 1938 had a kid show on the W. C. (Spike) Huggins West Coast Shows. When war in Europe was declared in 1939 Glacy was touring the Hawaiian Islands with a freak show for E. K. Fernandez.",
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