sideshowman

English

Etymology

From sideshow +‎ -man.

Noun

sideshowman (plural sideshowmen)

  1. A showman who operates a sideshow.
    • 1961, Tom Mead, Killers of Eden, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 109:
      [S]ideshowmen rang bells and shouted themselves as near hoarse as is possible for sideshowmen as they exhorted the public to ‘see the fat lady’ or ‘stay two rounds with the basher to win a fiver.’
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