Meaning Of The Word Medicine show

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What's The Definition Of Medicine show?

medicine show in American English
a show given by entertainers who traveled from town to town, in order to sell cure-alls and nostrums
noun: a traveling troupe, esp. in the late 1800s, offering entertainment in order to attract customers for the patent medicines or purported cures proffered for sale

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