dog show
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noun
a competitive event in which dogs are exhibited and judged by an established standard or set of ideals prescribed for each breed.
Origin of dog show
First recorded in 1855–60
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Contemporary Examples of dog show
“They felt that it served only to attempt to influence AKC judges,” the dog-show author/consultant/judge Pat Hastings told me.
Historical Examples of dog show
That's one of the interesting features of the dog-show game.
The Dogs of BoytownWalter A. Dyer
All of this is extraneous; but may be worth your remembering, next time you go to a dog-show.
Lad: A DogAlbert Payson Terhune
They read all the dog-show literature they could lay hands on.
Lad: A DogAlbert Payson Terhune
To-day was the third of September, and on the eleventh a dog-show was to be held at Brooch.
Berry And Co.Dornford Yates
Edward Henry's taxi-cab in that Square seemed like a homeless cat that had strayed into a dog-show.
The RegentE. Arnold Bennett