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dumb-show
n. (alternative spelling of dumb show English)
Usage examples of "dumb-show".
A foolish dumb-show that d'Avaux had nevertheless ensured, in several days of furious negotiation, was less ostentatious than the dumb-show that had greeted his own arrival in Venice a few weeks earlier.
The only one of the party likely to be left behind was Grampus, whom his master, after much entreaty in dumb-show, was permitted to carry over by tying him firmly to his shoulders.
They responded to his dumb-show signs and gave him some tools and he straightened them and rehooked the power cable.