bench show
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of bench show
An Americanism dating back to 1870–75
Example Sentences
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Her most high-profile rulings from the federal bench show her leanings on sensitive topics of national resonance and consequence.
From New York Times ● Feb. 9, 2022
“The purpose of a bench show is public education. It makes it a lot easier for the public to find the breeds they’re interested in,” explained Gail Miller Bisher, Westminster’s resident canine expert.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 14, 2021
They did not turn a hair, and walked about within twenty feet of the wolf with their tails carried as gayly as though they were on exhibition at a bench show.
From Hunting in Many Lands The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club by Various
But it was the look of expertness in things hardly worth the trouble of learning; it was aristocracy's highly-prized air of the dog that leads in the bench show and tails in the field.
From The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig; a Novel by Phillips, David Graham
The cabman professed never to have seen a dog as "classy" as Nap, and voiced the cheerful prophecy that in any bench show he would make them all look like mutts.
From Bunker Bean by Wilson, Harry Leon
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