Definitions
a minor show that is part of a larger one (as at the circus)
Word origin
From side + show.
Used in a sentence
“1999 November 8, Frank Hayes, The Back Page: The main event, Computerworld, page 86, And IT people dismiss IT′s impact because, hey, we like being a sideshow to the real action.”
“In Australia he busked (singing on street corners), steeplejacked, was a drover and sheep shearer, did motor bike stunts in sideshows and even painted the Sydney Harbor^([sic]) Bridge.”
“They taught the twins to play saxophone and transferred them from the sideshow to vaudeville.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Secondary attraction”8 letters
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