horse show
Americannoun
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horse shows
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of horse show
An Americanism dating back to 1855–60
Example Sentences
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They dissected Laura Owens’s claim that she was carrying Echard’s twins and grew suspicious when a photo surfaced of her at a horse show with no apparent baby bump.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
I said, “I’ve got a horse show on this Sunday. You want to come?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2024
Hay had been donated by the attendants of a horse show from earlier in the day, and water was brought to each stall — most of which were shared by two horses.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 11, 2022
The Queen was spotted on Friday at the horse show, where one of her own horses was announced as a supreme champion.
From BBC ● May 15, 2022
He did not mind writing garden club features, school board reports, horse show notices, golden anniversary announcements—he pruned them as carefully as he pruned his hedges, rounding them toward perfection.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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