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Definition of Minstrel show

1. Noun. A troupe of performers in blackface typically giving a comic program of negro songs and jokes.

2. Noun. A variety show in which the performers are made up in blackface.

Definition of Minstrel show

1. Noun. A variety show performed by white people in blackface. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Minstrel Show

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Literary usage of Minstrel show

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Amateur Circus Life by Ernest Berkeley Balch, Ernest Berkeley Blach (1916)
"CHAPTER X THE OLD-FASHIONED minstrel show The old-fashioned negro minstrel show was a ... A minstrel show is impossible unless you have the voices. ..."

2. The Story of the 275th Anniversary Celebration of the Founding of Southold by Ella Boldry Hallock (1915)
"minstrel show On Thursday evening an open-air, old-time minstrel show was held on what is now known as the Pageant Green, the place set apart for the ..."

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