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/sˈaɪdʃˌoʊ/ Listen

Sideshow

noun

A subordinate incident of little importance relative to the main event.

A minor show that is part of a larger one (as at the circus).

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"Sideshow" Quotes from Famous Books

... street—and we are strangers—you should experience no great difficulty in recognizing me. Just start in at almost any spot on the outer orbit and walk round and round as though you were circling a sideshow tent looking for a chance to crawl under the canvas and see the curiosities for nothing; and after a while, if you keep on walking as directed, you will come to a person with a plain but subsantial face, and that will be me in my ...

— Europe Revised • Irvin S. Cobb

... tackled?" Bandy-legs was heard to say; "and now that we've got something in our trap, why don't you use that chain and padlock, Toby? Here's a prize pet for you. Think of fastenin' the same up in your back yard, and tellin' folks you had a wild boar in captivity. Regular sideshow freak business ...

— Chums of the Camp Fire • Lawrence J. Leslie

Words linked to "Sideshow" : show, incident