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a type of entertainment popular chiefly in the US in the early 20th century, featuring a mixture of specialty acts such as burlesque comedy and song and dance
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Vaudeville was a popular form of entertainment in the early 20th century.
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I heard they're bringing back vaudeville acts at the old theater downtown.
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Vaudeville shows were the bomb back in the day.
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His storytelling had a vaudeville-like quality, full of humor and exaggeration.