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showplace

noun

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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: From show + place.

  1. A building or estate shown for its beauty or noteworthiness.

    The manager showed him over the vaults and strong-rooms, explaining the various precautions taken to render the guile or force of man impotent: […] "The Safe" was a showplace and its directors held that no harm could come of displaying a strong hand.

  2. A location kept for display only.