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Definition of Showmen
1. showman [n] - See also: showman
Lexicographical Neighbors of Showmen
Literary usage of Showmen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Glimpses of Real Life as Seen in the Theatrical World and in Bohemia: Being by James Glass Bertram (1864)
"... number of showmen and performers of various kinds, a few words about the world
of shows, and the show-folk, may not prove uninteresting to my readers. ..."
2. The Census of Massachusetts: 1875 by Carroll Davidson Wright, Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics of Labor (1876)
"... 82 J Music teachers 339 1257 (10 to 15), Singers, 16 54 (10 to 15) - li ACTORS
AND showmen 163 Actors HI showmen, 52' TEACHERS, 1267 8136 Professors, . ..."
3. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1902)
"Verb, (common). — I. See subs. 3. 2. (common).—To spoil ; to outwit ; to perplex.
Hence то QUEER A PITCH (cheap Jacks and showmen) = to ..."
4. An Introduction to Natural Philosophy: Designed as a Text-book, for the Use by Denison Olmsted (1858)
"... of forming images in the air, were, in a less enlightened age than the present,
frequently employed by showmen for exhibiting surprising appearances. ..."
5. An Introduction to Natural Philosophy: Designed as a Text Book, for the Use by Denison Olmsted (1832)
"... of forming images in the air, were in a less enlightened age than the present,
frequently employed by showmen for exhibiting surprising appearances. ..."
6. Glimpses of Real Life as Seen in the Theatrical World and in Bohemia: Being by James Glass Bertram (1864)
"... number of showmen and performers of various kinds, a few words about the world
of shows, and the show-folk, may not prove uninteresting to my readers. ..."
7. The Census of Massachusetts: 1875 by Carroll Davidson Wright, Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics of Labor (1876)
"... 82 J Music teachers 339 1257 (10 to 15), Singers, 16 54 (10 to 15) - li ACTORS
AND showmen 163 Actors HI showmen, 52' TEACHERS, 1267 8136 Professors, . ..."
8. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1902)
"Verb, (common). — I. See subs. 3. 2. (common).—To spoil ; to outwit ; to perplex.
Hence то QUEER A PITCH (cheap Jacks and showmen) = to ..."
9. An Introduction to Natural Philosophy: Designed as a Text-book, for the Use by Denison Olmsted (1858)
"... of forming images in the air, were, in a less enlightened age than the present,
frequently employed by showmen for exhibiting surprising appearances. ..."
10. An Introduction to Natural Philosophy: Designed as a Text Book, for the Use by Denison Olmsted (1832)
"... of forming images in the air, were in a less enlightened age than the present,
frequently employed by showmen for exhibiting surprising appearances. ..."
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