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show and tells

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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.
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Origin:
1950–55

Related forms:
show-and-tell, adjective
show-and-teller, noun
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2010.
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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.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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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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