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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a subordinate incident of little importance relative to the main event;
- Example: "instruction is not an educational sideshow"

2. a minor show that is part of a larger one (as at the circus); 



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

sideshow
    n 1: a subordinate incident of little importance relative to the
         main event; "instruction is not an educational sideshow"
    2: a minor show that is part of a larger one (as at the circus)