music hall

noun

: a vaudeville theater
also : vaudeville

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Plowright had only recently arrived at London’s avant-garde and left-wing Royal Court Theatre when she was cast as Sir Laurence’s daughter in Osborne’s The Entertainer, the story of an aging music hall performer struggling to maintain some sort of dignity in his waning days. Stephen Galloway, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019 The vote marks a critical step toward construction for the project that could eventually bring nearly 10,000 new homes, a 6,000-seat music hall, a boutique hotel and around 10 acres of green space to the area around the arena now mostly made up of parking lots. Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2025 In April, the music hall will be showing 1924’s Peter Pan. Heather Kathryn Ross, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025 The vote marks a critical step toward construction for the project that could eventually bring nearly 10,000 new homes, a 6,000-seat music hall, a boutique hotel and around 10 acres of green space to the area around the arena now mostly made up of parking lots. Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for music hall

Word History

First Known Use

1842, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of music hall was in 1842

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“Music hall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/music%20hall. Accessed 3 May. 2025.

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