| Vaudeville (vaudeville) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| ||Vaude"ville |
| [F., fr. Vau-de-
vire, a village in Normandy, where Olivier Basselin, at the end of the
14th century, composed such songs.] [Written also vaudevil.]
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A kind of song of a lively character, frequently
embodying a satire on some person or event, sung to a familiar air in
couplets with a refrain; a street song; a topical song.
A theatrical piece, usually a comedy, the
dialogue of which is intermingled with light or satirical songs, set to
familiar airs.
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| Vaudeville (vaudeville) |
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| n. | |
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| Vaude"ville |
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Loosely, and now
commonly, variety (see above), as, to play in vaudeville; a
vaudeville actor.
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