bear garden

noun

1. a place for keeping or exhibiting bears, especially (formerly) for bearbaiting.
2. a place or scene of tumult.

bear garden

noun

1. (formerly) a place where bears were exhibited and where bear-baiting took place
2. a place or scene of tumult and disorder

Word History and Origins

Origin of bear garden¹

First recorded in 1590–1600

Example Sentences

Caste is a thing you should be very careful of in these days, so the best thing is to ask for the Bear-Garden straightaway.

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The Bear-Garden is the name given to it by the legal profession, so I am quite in order in using the title.

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There are a number of other interesting functionaries on the way to the Bear-Garden; but we must get on.

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The way over Bear Garden was steep, the road a mere track among boulders.

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From a place of rational recreation, and improvement, it has become a mere bear-garden.

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