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bear garden

noun

Definitions

  1. A public place where bears are kept for diversion or fighting.

  2. Any place where riotous conduct is common or permitted.

    • 1867-1868, Matthew Arnold, Culture and Anarchy He sees the rich, the aristocratic class, in occupation of the executive government, and so if he is of us, stopped from making Hyde Park a bear-garden or the streets.
    • "Top of the Alps is becomin' a perfect bear-garden," said he.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA