sideshowman

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noun

A showman who operates a sideshow.

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Meanings

nounsideshowman (plural sideshowmen)

plural sideshowmen

  1. A showman who operates a sideshow.

    [S]ideshowmen rang bells and shouted themselves as near hoarse as is possible for sideshowmen as they exhorted the public to ‘see the fat lady’ or ‘stay two rounds with the basher to win a fiver.’

    1961, Tom Mead, Killers of Eden, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 109

Origin

From sideshow + -man.

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APA

sideshowman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sideshowman

MLA

“sideshowman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sideshowman. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sideshowman,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sideshowman.

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