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Vaudevillian (noun, adjective)
vaudevillian [ vawd-vil-yuhn, vohd-, vaw-duh- ]


noun
1. Also vaude·vil·list. a person who writes for or performs in vaudeville.

adjective
2. of, relating to, or characteristic of vaudeville.

ORIGIN: First recorded in 1925–30; vaudeville + -ian

HOW TO USE VAUDEVILLIAN IN A SENTENCE
But feverish speculation and the constant patter of vaudevillian innuendo came to overshadow more serious business.
FRANCOIS HOLLANDE ANNOUNCES BREAKUP WITH FIRST LADY VALERIE TRIERWEILER | TRACY MCNICOLL | JANUARY 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST

Ruth, too, was famous for performing vaudevillian shenanigans on the off-season barnstorming tours he frequently headlined.
THE MYTH OF JACKIE MITCHELL, THE GIRL WHO STRUCK OUT RUTH AND GEHRIG | ADAM DOSTER | MAY 18, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST

It was at ten Rue St. Anne that my friend the ex-vaudevillian took him in hand with the intention of conferring the third degree.
THE GLORY OF THE COMING | IRVIN S. COBB

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