Meaning & use

cabaret

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Entertainment consisting of music, song, dance, or comedy performed in a nightclub or restaurant while the audience eats or drinks; also, the venue itself.

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They spent the evening at a Parisian cabaret watching live jazz and dance numbers.

The film is set backstage at a 1920s Berlin cabaret.

A note on using this word

Historically associated with Paris and Weimar-era Berlin; often connotes a mix of glamour and provocative performance.

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