Definition of "show-and-tell" []

• An educational activity in which a child displays an object to the class and talks about it. (noun)
• A public presentation or display. (noun)

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• "I had a similar incedent in 2nd grade except it was a spinner that I had caught my first trout on and was bringing it to show-and-tell and got it taken away nd then I got into trouble."
• "Ha! I used to write and share stories for show-and-tell starting back in the third grade."
• "Meanwhile, Ian McDonald goes all neener-neener-neener and skips the "show" part of show-and-tell when he tells us he has seen the Stephan Martiniere cover for Pyr's edition of The Dervish House."