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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A comic variety show of the 19th and early 20th centuries, usually featuring white actors in blackface.
Wiktionary
- n. A variety show performed by white people in blackface.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a variety show in which the performers are made up in blackface
- n. a troupe of performers in blackface typically giving a comic program of negro songs and jokes
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