A picture or figure constructed so as to produce a fantastic or distorted effect; = sense 2b. Obsolete.

A set of pictures or a puppet show exhibited in a portable box for public entertainment; a peep show. Now historical.

Exceptionally fine, splendid. Chiefly in raree-fine show: = raree-show, n.

Originally: a sequence of pictures viewed through a magnifying lens or hole set into a box, formerly offered as a public entertainment. Now also: a…

A peep-show containing characteristic views of all parts of the world.