music hall

noun

: a vaudeville theater
also : vaudeville

Examples of music hall in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The sort of spots where local citizens have come up with innovative ways to reimagine their town for a new generation, such as the opening of a live music hall inside a former church. Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 June 2024 Colette mined her own experience to tell the story of a music hall artiste. The Week Us, theweek, 7 May 2024 Holmes’ has concocted tunes that sound true to the late 19th-century music hall setting but also work as Broadway showtunes. Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 22 Apr. 2024 The historic Brooklyn Paramount theater — which hosted legends like Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington and Frank Sinatra before becoming a college basketball court — reopened as a music hall on Wednesday following a years-long renovation. Téa Kvetenadze, New York Daily News, 27 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for music hall 

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Word History

First Known Use

1842, in the meaning defined above

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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 4 Jul. 2024.

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