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bear gar·den
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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Bear-gardenadjective
A word used in familiar or low phrase for rude or turbulent; as, a bear-garden fellow; that is, a man rude enough to be a proper frequenter of the bear-garden. Bear-garden sport, is used for gross inelegant entertainment.
Bear-gardennoun
Etymology: from bear and garden.
Hurrying me from the playhouse, and the scenes there, to the bear-garden, to the apes, and asses, and tygers. Edward Stillingfleet.
I could not forbear going to a place of renown for the gallantry of Britons, namely to the bear-garden. Spect. №. 436.
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bear garden
Bear-baiting is a blood sport in which a chained bear and one or more dogs are forced to fight one another. It may also involve pitting a bear against another animal.
Etymology and Origins
Bear Garden
This name at the corner of Sumner Street, Southwark, recalls the old Paris Garden, a famous bear-baiting establishment founded by Robert de Paris as far back in English history as the reign of Richard I. A “Bear Garden” is in our time synonymous with a place of resort for roughs or rowdies.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of bear garden in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of bear garden in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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