horse show
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of horse show
An Americanism dating back to 1855–60
Example Sentences
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I said, “I’ve got a horse show on this Sunday. You want to come?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2024
Still, in the days afterward, she t urned up at a horse show, opened a subway line and toured the Chelsea Flower Show in a chauffeur-driven royal buggy — a sort of luxurious golf cart.
From Seattle Times ● May 28, 2022
Prince Donatus has often been a guest of the Queen and Prince Philip at the Windsor horse show.
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2021
“As the horse show approached, we told him, ‘you don’t have to do anything if you don’t want to.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 11, 2020
He’d promised to take his daughters to a horse show that morning.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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