music hall

noun

: a vaudeville theater
also : vaudeville

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The Coachella Valley’s stand-up options have evolved in size, ambition and diversity to include local breweries, music halls and indie theaters. Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2025 Elsewhere, though, anxiety permeates the dilapidated bars, karaoke clubs, and music halls into which Jia pokes his camera. Justin Chang, New Yorker, 2 May 2025 The music hall performer Belle Elmore was dismissed by the press as a vulgar shrew. Jennifer Wright, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for music hall

Word History

First Known Use

1842, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 6 Jun. 2025.

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