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Definition of Peepshow
1. Noun. An exhibition of pictures or objects viewed through a small hole or magnifying glass.
2. Noun. A short pornographic film shown in a small coin-operated booth.
Definition of Peepshow
1. Noun. An exhibition of pictures or objects viewed through a small hole or magnifying glass. ¹
2. Noun. A sexual or pornographic display through a small slot, generally equipped with a timer to automatically close the slot when payment has expired. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Peepshow
1. an exhibition viewed through a small opening [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Peepshow
Literary usage of Peepshow
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1875)
"THE peepshow; OR, THE OLD THEOLOGY AND THE ... Who while a few pale children
gathered round Did plant his faded peepshow on the ground. ..."
2. Proceedings of the Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society (1888)
"For any reredos made now is likely to be on peepshow principles, ... And a reredos
made on peepshow principles would be a blow to the church which would ..."
3. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, George Walter Prothero, John Gibson Lockhart, John Murray, Whitwell Elwin, John Taylor Coleridge, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, William Macpherson, William Smith (1895)
"But this peepshow has, as we have seen, its limits. By respecting them, we may
secure good plays ; and occasionally great dramas, like ' Heimat ' and ' The ..."
4. London Society (1879)
"There is the ' peepshow- man' of the days of one's youth. ... There may, however,
be a reason for the peepshow-man's decadence. ..."
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