peep show

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peep show

A pornographic show in which a video or live performance of a nude or partially clothed woman is exhibited in a coin-operated booth, with a small peephole through which the customer looks. The actor's career tanked pretty hard after he was caught frequenting peep shows in the docks.
See also: peep, show
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

peep show

A short soft-core porn exhibition. To enjoy “forbidden” glimpses of naked female flesh, a man went to an arcade in a sleazy neighborhood, paid his dime or quarter, entered a booth, and stared through a peep hole at a partially or fully unclothed woman. The “show,” which lasted for no more than five or ten minutes, began when a shade or other obstruction over the peep hole was raised and ended when it was lowered. Instead of “live models,” some peep shows featured short films shown on individual viewing machines. Peep shows became less and less commercially viable as movie houses (and now the Internet) showed more explicit fare.
See also: peep, show
Endangered Phrases by Steven D. Price
See also:
  • girlie show
  • pass current
  • shekel
  • shekels
  • a coin flip
  • a coin toss
  • look through (something)
  • toss a coin
  • flip a coin
  • Heads or tails?
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Montreal International Festival of New Cinema and New Media (10/9-19-03)
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catholic tastes
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Balance Sheet
From Peep Show to Palace: The Birth of American Film.
From Peep Show to Palace: The Birth of American Film
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Ronnie Larsen's Peep Show
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Pornography, peep shows, and the decline of morality
The Peep Show pair are returning to Channel 4 on Wednesday in new sitcom Back.
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One of the short films featured at the festival, Dark Room, stars well-known comedy star David Mitchell, from Peep Show.
Short films to face screen test in city; festival will showcase pick of new films, reports ellen kirwin, as viewers get chance to pick winner
CHOICE David Mitchell (right) Peep Show Channel 4, 10pm Mark is intent on winning the woman of his dreams, regardless of the fact that she already has a husband, and goes to some extraordinary lengths to do so - including a joint trip to the skin clinic for molemapping.
WEDNESDAY'S TV 2.12.15; CHOICE
4) Peep Show returns to Channel 4 for a final time.
QUICK QUIZ
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NATHAN BEVAN ON THE BOX BOX