cattle show

noun

an exhibition of prize cattle by cattle breeders, as at a livestock exposition.

Informal. a public appearance by the contenders for a political office, a job, or the like, at which they may be judged by voters, prospective employers, etc.

Origin of cattle show

First recorded in 1805–15

Words nearby cattle show

cattle market, cattle plague, cattle prod, cattle run, cattleship, cattle show, cattle-stop, cattle tick, cattle truck, cattleya, Catton

Example sentences from the Web for cattle show

What had that old tipsy female at the cattle-show got to tell him?
Crying for the Light, Vol. 3 [of 3]|J. Ewing Ritchie
I wish he would send me, by and by, the paper which contains the results of the Cattle-Show.
The Writings of Henry David Thoreau, Volume VI, Familiar Letters|Henry David Thoreau
Bannan drove them over, and then he was going to the cattle-show, and so was Michael.
Fernley House|Laura E. Richards
He wrote, at the request of the neighborhood, his poem of “The Ploughman,” to be read at a cattle-show in Pittsfield.
McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 2, July, 1893|Various

He asked the man what he thought of the cattle-show, and added that he supposed it had done a great deal of good.
Political and Literary essays, 1908-1913|Evelyn Baring

单词	cattle show
释义	cattle show noun an exhibition of prize cattle by cattle breeders, as at a livestock exposition. Informal. a public appearance by the contenders for a political office, a job, or the like, at which they may be judged by voters, prospective employers, etc. Origin of cattle show First recorded in 1805–15 Words nearby cattle show cattle market, cattle plague, cattle prod, cattle run, cattleship, cattle show, cattle-stop, cattle tick, cattle truck, cattleya, Catton Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for cattle show What had that old tipsy female at the cattle-show got to tell him? Crying for the Light, Vol. 3 [of 3]\|J. Ewing Ritchie I wish he would send me, by and by, the paper which contains the results of the Cattle-Show. The Writings of Henry David Thoreau, Volume VI, Familiar Letters\|Henry David Thoreau Bannan drove them over, and then he was going to the cattle-show, and so was Michael. Fernley House\|Laura E. Richards He wrote, at the request of the neighborhood, his poem of “The Ploughman,” to be read at a cattle-show in Pittsfield. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 2, July, 1893\|Various He asked the man what he thought of the cattle-show, and added that he supposed it had done a great deal of good. Political and Literary essays, 1908-1913\|Evelyn Baring
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