bear garden

noun

a place for keeping or exhibiting bears, especially (formerly) for bearbaiting.

a place or scene of tumult.

Nearby words

bear a grudge, bear animalcule, bear claw, bear down, bear fruit, bear garden, bear grass, bear hug, bear in mind, bear leader, bear market

Origin of bear garden

First recorded in 1590–1600

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Examples from the Web for bear garden

The part of the bear-garden through which you travel as you approach the Mont Cenis seemed to me that day very beautiful.
Italian Hours|Henry James
But why, Punch must again ask, allow debates to be degraded to a farce, and the House to a bear-garden?
Mr. Punch's History of Modern England Vol. III of IV|Charles L. Graves
Yet here I find all conditions whatsoever—here in that which you denominate 'bear-garden'.
The Spenders|Harry Leon Wilson
The next room—which Class A (the first to be formed) has to itself—is a haven of peace after the Bear-garden.
Lotus Buds|Amy Carmichael

The parliament of New South Wales is occasionally notorious as a bear-garden.
Recollections|David Christie Murray

British Dictionary definitions for bear garden

bear garden

noun

(formerly) a place where bears were exhibited and where bear-baiting took place

a place or scene of tumult and disorder

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bear garden

noun

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British Dictionary definitions for bear garden

bear garden

noun