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Definition of freak show noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

freak show

noun

/ˈfriːk ʃəʊ/

/ˈfriːk ʃəʊ/

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a small show at a fair, where people pay to see people or animals with strange physical characteristics

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(disapproving) an event that people watch because it is very strange

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