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sideshow (n.)
[sideshow 词源字典]
also
side-show
, 1855, "minor exhibition alongside or near a principal one," apparently a coinage of P.T. Barnum's, from
side
(adj.) +
show
(n.). Hence, any diversion or distracting event.
[sideshow etymology, sideshow origin, 英语词源]