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Noun: sideshow  'sId,show
  1. A minor show that is part of a larger one (as at the circus)
    "The bearded lady was a popular attraction in the circus sideshow"
     
  2. A subordinate incident of little importance relative to the main event
    "instruction is not an educational sideshow"

Derived forms: sideshows

Type of: incident, show

Encyclopedia: Sideshow