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vaudevillian

[ US /vɑdˈvɪɫjən/ ]
[ UK /vˌɔːdəvˈɪli‍ən/ ]
NOUN
  1. a performer who works in vaudeville

How To Use vaudevillian In A Sentence

  • He never dreamed he would be the butt of such a classic, almost vaudevillian joke.
  • He combines a little of Clark Gable with a whisper of Cary Grant's early incarnation as a vaudevillian stage comic.
  • In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran cast vicariously as both victim and villain vicissitudes of fate.
  • When the youngest son (Johnnie Ray) decides to become a priest, his father (a long-time vaudevillian and hoofer) reacts as negatively as some men do upon learning that their son is gay. George Heymont: Can't Stop the Music
  • Doped exorcist philosophize the rawa vaudevillian with anisometric Ceratopogon Archive 2005-04-01
  • Interview magazine says “these vaudevillian vamps are putting the show back in showmanship.” THE DITTY BOPS « in other words [a portland feminist and queer bookstore and blog]
  • Only when assuming their weekly cameo as 'fans' do they revert to the vaudevillian conventionalities of the script. Times, Sunday Times
  • He was the character actor, I was more the vaudevillian, pantomime comedian, and we both learnt a lot from each other.
  • Coming to us from Toronto, this ‘dark vaudevillian comedy’ tells the true story of a couple of Victorian girls who claimed they could communicate with the dead.
  • The one-hundred-year contract Cracker Jack signed with original rights holder Schwartz & Steinberg Vaudevillian recently expired and, as expected, a fierce bidding war erupted to take over that important piece of baseball real estate. Ben Oren: Cracker Jack Loses Rights to "Take Me Out to the Ballgame"
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