sideshow
Noun
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Noun
sideshow (plural sideshows)
- a minor attraction at a larger event such as a circus, fair, music festival or similar
- 1999 November 8, Frank Hayes, The Back Page: The main event, Computerworld, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=sM1rYgGsBKkC&pg=PA86&lpg=PA86&dq=%22sideshow%22|%22sideshows%22+australia+-intitle:%22side|sides%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=mQxwDGXTIK&sig=QRRPBGhVZsk57HgetHnXr4ouiVQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=MudJUJuHIYeTiAe03oDwAQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22sideshow%22|%22sideshows%22%20australia%20-intitle%3A%22side|sides%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 86],
- And IT people dismiss IT′s impact because, hey, we like being a sideshow to the real action.
- 1999, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Year Book, Australia, Number 81, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=ClOoPSI81gAC&pg=PA349&lpg=PA349&dq=%22sideshow%22|%22sideshows%22+australia+-intitle:%22side|sides%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=fhIo_cZr2V&sig=o58-Sv8hns-cCvj2g3s3ecFZuns&hl=en&sa=X&ei=MudJUJuHIYeTiAe03oDwAQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22sideshow%22|%22sideshows%22%20australia%20-intitle%3A%22side|sides%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 349],
- Other recreation services, including amusement parks or arcades, sideshows, circuses and agricultural shows, accounted for another 666 businesses. These businesses employed 10,318 persons and a further 3,518 volunteers.
- 2002, Steve Evans, Ron Middlebrook, Cowboy Guitars, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=vPK-cbGMpiUC&pg=RA4-PT10&lpg=RA4-PT10&dq=%22sideshow%22|%22sideshows%22+music+australia+-intitle:%22side|sides%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=1urucf-fZs&sig=eDnXNtTB59ZoihkiZ4EIjfsdFAU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=1wBKUJytFdCQiAfXuIGADg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22sideshow%22|%22sideshows%22%20music%20australia%20-intitle%3A%22side|sides%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 146],
- In Australia he busked (singing on street corners), steeplejacked, was a drover and sheep shearer, did motor bike stunts in sideshows and even painted the Sydney Harbor
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- In Australia he busked (singing on street corners), steeplejacked, was a drover and sheep shearer, did motor bike stunts in sideshows and even painted the Sydney Harbor
- 2005, Joe Nickell, Secrets of the Sideshows, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=40UzA984S4wC&pg=PA126&lpg=PA126&dq=%22sideshow%22|%22sideshows%22+australia+-intitle:%22side|sides%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=1IXkwmxdee&sig=-s7nqA841jKaxZQWA8cHuKzbFzA&hl=en&sa=X&ei=MudJUJuHIYeTiAe03oDwAQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22sideshow%22|%22sideshows%22%20australia%20-intitle%3A%22side|sides%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 126],
- They taught the twins to play saxophone and transferred them from the sideshow to vaudeville.
- 2006, Lynda Mannik, Canadian Indian Cowboys in Australia: Representation, Rodeo, and the RCMP at the Royal Easter Show, 1939, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=2N9CHDbzeVcC&pg=PA13&lpg=PA13&dq=%22sideshow%22|%22sideshows%22+australia+-intitle:%22side|sides%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=8szurMVweb&sig=yvncU1AhTgWMFFNWFSWAU5-9YnA&hl=en&sa=X&ei=MudJUJuHIYeTiAe03oDwAQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22sideshow%22|%22sideshows%22%20australia%20-intitle%3A%22side|sides%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 13],
- Entertainment features and sideshows enhanced attendance.
- 2009, Charles Rawlings-Way, Meg Worby, Lindsay Brown, Paul Harding, Central Australia: Adelaide to Darwin, Lonely Planet, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=bPd5YW6arVAC&pg=PA63&lpg=PA63&dq=%22sideshow%22|%22sideshows%22+australia+-intitle:%22side|sides%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=5lSntzP6UR&sig=__6SQnwpytNWUjxTkOYS_cVcpEY&hl=en&sa=X&ei=MudJUJuHIYeTiAe03oDwAQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22sideshow%22|%22sideshows%22%20australia%20-intitle%3A%22side|sides%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 63],
- Don′t miss the rusty relics dredged up from the original pier, and the spooky old sideshow machines.
- 1972 October 14, Henry Johnston, U.S. Tune Wins Rio Festival, Billboard, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=PygEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA64&lpg=PA64&dq=%22sideshow%22|%22sideshows%22+music+australia+-intitle:%22side|sides%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=0oJ7l-oHMC&sig=TLisrpEJKj5UDoy_ZzoRIaBVn5o&hl=en&sa=X&ei=1wBKUJytFdCQiAfXuIGADg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22sideshow%22|%22sideshows%22%20music%20australia%20-intitle%3A%22side|sides%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 64],
- Sideshows for foreign guests included one provided by Philips manager Andre Midani with his chief recording artists including Chico Buarque, Jorge Ben, Gal Costa Quintato, and Violado.
- 1999 November 8, Frank Hayes, The Back Page: The main event, Computerworld, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=sM1rYgGsBKkC&pg=PA86&lpg=PA86&dq=%22sideshow%22|%22sideshows%22+australia+-intitle:%22side|sides%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=mQxwDGXTIK&sig=QRRPBGhVZsk57HgetHnXr4ouiVQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=MudJUJuHIYeTiAe03oDwAQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22sideshow%22|%22sideshows%22%20australia%20-intitle%3A%22side|sides%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 86],
- an incidental spectacle that diverts attention from a larger concern
- 1997, Frank Stilwell, One Nation For Whom?, Michael Costa, Mark Hearn (editors), Reforming Australia's Unions: Insights from Southland Magazine, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=3QgeVAGpoXkC&pg=PA244&lpg=PA244&dq=%22sideshow%22|%22sideshows%22+australia+-intitle:%22side|sides%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=FcFy-udB--&sig=RMa0WqTuExv45f6g41DlWENdNIo&hl=en&sa=X&ei=MudJUJuHIYeTiAe03oDwAQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22sideshow%22|%22sideshows%22%20australia%20-intitle%3A%22side|sides%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 244],
- Far from learning from the failures of ‘economic rationalism,’ the Liberals want us to swallow more of the snake oil medicine while diverting our attention to the consumption tax sideshow.
- 1997, Frank Stilwell, One Nation For Whom?, Michael Costa, Mark Hearn (editors), Reforming Australia's Unions: Insights from Southland Magazine, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=3QgeVAGpoXkC&pg=PA244&lpg=PA244&dq=%22sideshow%22|%22sideshows%22+australia+-intitle:%22side|sides%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=FcFy-udB--&sig=RMa0WqTuExv45f6g41DlWENdNIo&hl=en&sa=X&ei=MudJUJuHIYeTiAe03oDwAQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22sideshow%22|%22sideshows%22%20australia%20-intitle%3A%22side|sides%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 244],
- (US) an incident in which drivers block traffic to perform donuts for an extended period of time
- main attraction
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