Peep-show
noun
1.
a display of objects or pictures viewed through a small opening that is usually fitted with a magnifying lens.
2.
a short, usually erotic or titillating film shown in a coin-operated viewing machine equipped with a projector.
n.
1851 (not typically salacious until c.1914), from peep (v.1) + show (n.).
noun phrase
[found by 1851 as ”an exhibition of pictures viewed through a lens in a small hole”]
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