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bench show
noun
- a dog show in which the animals of each breed are judged and awarded prizes on the basis of standards established for that breed.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bench show1
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Example Sentences
We like him but Ran says he wouldn't take a prize at a bench show.
Romulus came to be pointed out to strangers as a coming field-trial champion, and Remus as a famous bench-show winner.
Though an aristocrat of the bench show, this good dog had a brain that worked quickly and a heart that knew no fear.
I'm no connoisseur of dogs, and was never made a judge in a bench show in my life.
At New Haven I bought a paper, and found it filled with glaring display-lines about a "bench-show" there.
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