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showyards

showyards is the plural of showyard.

Meaning of showyard

Noun

showyard (plural showyards)

  1. An enclosed yard where livestock is exhibited.
    • Young breeders should not rush into the showyard with animals bred by other people, and bought at high prices; neither should they, when desirous of starting a herd, purchase first prize animals in a highly overfed state.1883, Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, Edinburgh, Prize-essays and Transactions, page 227

Questions about showyards

What is showyards the plural of?
Showyards is the plural of showyard.

Words near showyards in the dictionary

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  2. showy orchises
  3. showy sundew
  4. showy sundews
  5. showyard
  6. showyards
  7. showyness
  8. shox
  9. shoyu
  10. shoyu-tai
  11. shoyus

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