Show-up

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The showing of a suspect to a victim by police in the hope of identifying the suspect as the culprit.
  2. 2
    At Eton College, a reward for good schoolwork (which is shown to one's housemaster and tutor and signed).

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Etymology

Deverbal from show up. (showing of a suspect): Compare lineup.

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