† raree-fineadj.
Obsolete.
Exceptionally fine, splendid. Chiefly in raree-fine show: = raree-show n.
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piece of perspective1600
raree-show1677
raree-fine show1734
peep show1801
cosmorama1823
1734 On Elegant Entertainment & Mix'd Company at Ordinaries in Scarborough Misc. 1733 32 Ladies and Beaus mingl'd all in a Row, At the same pretty Sport make a Raree fine Show.
1736 H. Fielding Pasquin v. 58 All the Raree-fine Shows exhibited to them in what they call Entertainments.
1743 J. Vowler Ess. for instructing Children lxix. 104 A raree-fine Puss, Train'd up and made able To defend a King's Table.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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