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Definition of No-show

1. Noun. A guest who fails to notify a hotel or restaurant when canceling a reservation.

2. Noun. Someone who shirks duty.

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Lexicographical Neighbors of No-show

no-count no-frills(a) no-go no-goal no-good no-go area no-hit no-hitter no-hit game no-nonsense

no-observed-adverse-effect level no-par-value stock no-parking zone no-par stock no-see-um no-show (current term) no-threshold concept no-win no-win situation no.

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Literary usage of No-show

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1. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
"Let alone me," sticks in Orth'ris, " but that's like life. Them wot's really fitted to decorate society get no show, ..."

2. Contemporary Memoirs of Russia, from the Year 1727-1744 by Cristof Hermann Manstein (1856)
"They made no show of opposition, and left her to act as she pleased. Sentinels were then posted at all the doors and avenues. ..."

3. Poems You Ought to Know by Ellsworth Young (1903)
""O, no," said Joe, "Hain't hed no show," An' then he'd look up at the clock ... "I tell ye, Joe, Yer hain't no show; Yer too dern patient"—ther hull raft ..."

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