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dog-and-pony show

dog-and-pony show is the alternative form of dog and pony show.

Meaning of dog and pony show

Noun

dog and pony show (plural dog and pony shows)

  1. (historical) A small traveling circus featuring animals as entertainment.
  2. (idiomatic) Any presentation or display that is overly contrived or intricate, while lacking real substance.
    • They put on a whole dog and pony show for the investors, but I'm not sure they've convinced anyone.

Forms of dog-and-pony show

pluraldog-and-pony shows

Questions about dog-and-pony show

What is dog-and-pony show the alternative form of?
Dog-and-pony show is the alternative form of dog and pony show.

Words near dog-and-pony show in the dictionary

  1. dog's-earing
  2. dog's-ears
  3. dog's-leg
  4. dog's-tail grass
  5. dog's-tail grasses
  6. dog-and-pony show
  7. dog-and-pony shows
  8. dog-bear
  9. dog-bears
  10. dog-bee
  11. dog-bees

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dog-and-pony show (page history and authors); dog and pony show (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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