big top
the largest or main tent of a circus.
a circus.
Origin of big top
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How to use big top in a sentence
So now the big top comes down and rest in peace, Michael Jackson.
In the summer, with the big top, I often simulated the ringmaster to make announcements from the center ring.
David Lannarck, Midget | George S. HarneyHere it was that he found a little man muffled up to the ears in a big top coat, standing before the dying fire.
The Clue of the Twisted Candle | Edgar WallaceFrom the street parade to Polly's first appearance in the "big top," had seemed a short while to Jim and Toby.
Polly of the Circus | Margaret MayoAt any rate, let's go out to the circus lot, even if we do not get inside the big top.
David Lannarck, Midget | George S. Harney
As he had been told to do outside the big top, he dropped a handkerchief which slowly fluttered down to the ground below.
The Ranger Boys Outwit the Timber Thieves | Claude A. Labelle
British Dictionary definitions for big top
the main tent of a circus
the circus itself
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with big top
The main tent of a circus, as in The high-wire act is almost always in the big top. [c. 1840]
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