bear garden
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noun
a place for keeping or exhibiting bears, especially (formerly) for bearbaiting.
a place or scene of tumult.
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Origin of bear garden
First recorded in 1590–1600
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Examples from the Web for bear garden
Historical Examples of bear garden
How could you have anything done properly in such a bear-garden?
The Three Cities Trilogy, CompleteEmile Zola
After dinner, he and I and my wife to the Bear-Garden, to see a prize fought there.
Diary of Samuel Pepys, CompleteSamuel Pepys
This Pembroke, who loved a bear-garden, was the seventh earl of that title.
The TownLeigh Hunt
Now then, he said severely, is this a club or a bear-garden?
The Exiles of FalooBarry Pain
Sir, said I, you indeed behave as if you were in a bear-garden.
Pamela, or Virtue RewardedSamuel Richardson
bear garden
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