tent circus
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of tent circus
An Americanism dating back to 1945–50
Example Sentences
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Also in recent years, a snow leopard scratched a schoolgirl at a traveling tent circus outside Moscow, and a tiger bit a spectator in the Black Sea resort of Sochi.
From New York Times
Beaubourg and Boulez show off a bold new concert hall Beyond the fire-eater, the buskers and the tent circus on the cobblestone plaza of Paris' skeletal-modern Pompidou arts center, there is what looks like a subway entrance marked IRCAM.
From Time Magazine Archive
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