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best in show

American  

noun

  1. an award to the dog, cat, or other animal judged best of all breeds in a competition.

  2. the animal that wins such an award.


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An Art Deco-style Talbot-Lago, onetime Best-in-Show winner at Pebble, was parked casually next to several 1940s-era Alfa Romeos and a chic 1952 Siata.

From Forbes • Aug. 20, 2011

Others destroyed included Backside Bard, a wire-haired stud, Hafren Wizard, the last Welsh terrier bred by Homer Gage Jr., and Holmbury Reverie of Welwire, a wire-haired that had won "Best-in-Show" 14 times.

From Time Magazine Archive

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