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show and tell

–noun
1. an activity for young children, esp. in school, in which each participant produces an object of unusual interest and tells something about it.
2. Facetious. any informative presentation or demonstration, as to introduce a new product or divulge and explain a special plan.

Origin:
1950–55


show-and-tell, adjective
show-and-teller, noun
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show-and-tell or show and tell   (shō'ən-těl')
n.  
  1. An educational activity in which a child displays an object to the class and talks about it.

  2. A public presentation or display.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
show and tell

  1. n.
    a session where objects are presented and described. (Essentially a kindergarten or grade school activity.) : It was a short lecture with lots of show and tell.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Idioms & Phrases

show and tell

A public presentation or display, as in It was a terrible bore, what with their show and tell of every last detail about their trip around the world. This expression originated in the 1940s to describe a learning exercise for young children, in which each child in a group brings some object to show the others and talks about it.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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