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vaudeville noun, N Amer, especially US 1 variety entertainment (see variety sense 4). 2 a music hall. vaudevillian adj, noun.
ETYMOLOGY: 18c: French, originally applied to 15c songs composed in Vau de Vire in Normandy.

vaudeville noun, N Amer, especially US 1 variety entertainment (see variety sense 4). 2 a music hall. vaudevillian adj, noun.
ETYMOLOGY: 18c: French, originally applied to 15c songs composed in Vau de Vire in Normandy.

vaudeville noun, N Amer, especially US 1 variety entertainment (see variety sense 4). 2 a music hall. vaudevillian adj, noun.
ETYMOLOGY: 18c: French, originally applied to 15c songs composed in Vau de Vire in Normandy.