bench show
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of bench show
An Americanism dating back to 1870–75
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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
Say, dog, you could pull down ribbons like a candy-kid in any bench show anywheres.
From Michael, Brother of Jerry by Jack London
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 David Graham Phillips
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