раёк

rare #47169

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1.
gallery, upper gallery, the godstheatre
Мы сиде́ли в райке́ и почти ничего не ви́дели.
We sat up in the gallery and could hardly see anything.
Dated; the cheapest seats highest up in a theatre.
2.
(rare) peep show, raree show, peep-show boxhistory
На я́рмарке пока́зывали раёк с карти́нками.
At the fair they were showing a peep show with pictures.
Historical: a box with moving pictures shown at fairs.
3.
(rare) fairground patter, showman's rhymed balladfolklore
Он ве́село пел раёк пе́ред толпо́й.
He cheerfully chanted his fairground patter in front of the crowd.
The rhymed verse chanted by the peep-show man at a fair.

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