showette
n.— «This was especially evident Wednesday night when Wainwright performed a sold-out show—or “showette” as he called it—at San Francisco’s Palace of Fine Arts Theatre.» —“Rufus Wainright hits the wall with his new sound” by Chad Jones Inside Bay Area (Oakland, California) Apr. 28, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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