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show
verb
to arrive; to make an appearance US- Why do you think I made you wait all this time for before I showed? — Morton Cooper, High School Confidential, p. 69, 1958
- “How come her parents didn’t show?” the woman continued, lowering her voice, “Show?” repeated Dottie, at a loss–could she mean show dogs or cats? “Turn up for the wedding.” — Mary McCarthy, The Group, p. 22, 1963
▶ show hard
to reveal to other men that you have an erection US- For example, a simplified expression of the primary tearoom strat-egy is frequently inscribed on the walls: “Show hard-get sucked.” — Laud Humphreys, Tearoom Trade, p. 48, 1975
▶ show the goldfish
to administer a beating as part of a police interrogation US- “You know—they have a slang expression for their third degree. They say, ‘Take the prisoner down and show him the goldfish’” — Willard Motley, Knock on Any Door, p. 410, 1947
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