showguide

noun

showguide

noun

Etymology From show + guide.

1

A catalogue of the exhibitors attending a trade fair.

  • Show visitors use the showguide (with floor-plan and ads) to pre-plan their limited visiting time […]1985, Walter S. Kelley, Henry G. Lord, Walter Bradford Guild, Textile World, volume 135, page 57:
  • Not so very long ago, I would have lugged around twenty pounds of brochures and methodically checked off exhibitors in the showguide until my blistered feet forced a halt.1988, Steven K. Roberts, Computing Across America, page 326:
1 more example
  • Several top-line photographers from a range of disciplines will be present - including Bob Carlos Clarke, Rankin, And Earl and Mark Cleghom - and full time-table details are printed in the showguide.2000, British Journal of Photography:

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