MEDICINE SHOW


Meaning of MEDICINE SHOW in English

noun

: a traveling show using entertainers to attract a crowd among which remedies or nostrums are sold

his flowing mustache, fancy vest, and heavy gold chain made him appear more like the proprietor of a traveling medicine show than a physician with a permanent address — Willard Robertson

itinerant medicine shows that peddle quinine and patented cures to the farm laborers — American Guide Series: Arkansas

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