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show pony
2020 EP BY ORVILLE PECK
Show pony; Legends Never Die (Orville Peck and Shania Twain song)
¦ noun Brit. informal an attractive, stylish, or flamboyant person, especially a performer, who enjoys being in the limelight.
Dog and pony show
SMALL CIRCUS OR METAPHORICALLY A PROMOTIONAL PRESENTATION
Dog-and-pony show; Dog and Pony show; Dog and Pony Show; Horse and pony show; Dog and pony
"Dog and pony show" is a colloquial term which has come to mean a highly promoted, often over-staged performance, presentation, or event designed to sway or convince opinion for political, or less often, commercial ends. Typically, the term is used in a pejorative sense to connote disdain, jocular lack of appreciation, or distrust of the message being presented or the efforts undertaken to present it.
Dosanko
HORSE BREED
Hokkaido Pony; Hokkaido pony
The , also known as the and , is one of the eight extant indigenous horse breeds of Japan, and the only one of the eight not critically endangered. It originated on the island of Hokkaido, in the far north of the country, and is found particularly along the Pacific (eastern) coast of the island.
Examples of use of show pony
1. Kevin Pietersen (KP), the alleged show–pony who proved to be a thoroughbred when it mattered on the final day, stood on one side, his arms extended.
2. "You should know by now that the Show Pony Pietersen only turns up if there is an odds defying innings to be played to win a match.
3. It was Will who dressed her up like a show pony with ostrich feathers on her head and persuaded her into the rib–crushing corsetry that gave her a 16in waist.