raree show

English

Etymology

Probably representing a foreign or dialectal pronunciation of rare + show.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛːɹiʃəʊ/

Noun

raree show (plural raree shows)

1. A portable puppet show or picture show as used for public entertainment; a peepshow. [from 17th c.]
2. A public spectacle, especially seen as lurid or vulgar. [from 17th c.]
   • 1925, Ford Madox Ford, No More Parades (Parade's End), Penguin, published 2012, page 335:

     Leaning forward she would be, on the seat of the general's illuminated car, glazed in, a regular raree show!

Anagrams

• horsewear