SIDESHOW

sideshow

(noun) a minor show that is part of a larger one (as at the circus)

sideshow

(noun) a subordinate incident of little importance relative to the main event; “instruction is not an educational sideshow”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

sideshow (plural sideshows)

a minor attraction at a larger event such as a circus, fair, music festival or similar

an incidental spectacle that diverts attention from a larger concern

(US) an incident in which drivers block traffic to perform donuts for an extended period of time

Antonyms

• main attraction

Source: Wiktionary



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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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