“A presentation, I see,” said Holmes.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
I should guess that to be the Something Hunt, the local hunt to whose members he has possibly given some surgical assistance, and which has made him a small presentation in return.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
I would suggest, for example, that a presentation to a doctor is more likely to come from a hospital than from a hunt, and that when the initials ‘C.C.’ are placed before that hospital the words ‘Charing Cross’ very naturally suggest themselves.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
Is it, then, stretching our inference too far to say that the presentation was on the occasion of the change?
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
On what occasion would it be most probable that such a presentation would be made?
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
We know there has been a presentation.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
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Merriam-Webster
— the act of presenting
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Macmillan
— the way in which something is shown, arranged, explained etc
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Other Word Forms
presentations
Usage
6 uses of ‘presentation’ in The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle