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bear gardens

bear gardens is the plural of bear garden.

Meaning of bear garden

Noun

bear garden (plural bear gardens)

  1. (historical) A public place where bears are kept for diversion or fighting.
  2. (archaic) Any place where riotous conduct is common or permitted.
    • […] Indeed, the education of your youth is every way preposterous; you waste at school years in improving talents, without having ever spent an hour in discovering them; one promiscuous line of instruction is followed, without regard to genius, capacity, or probable situation in the commonwealth....1771, Henry Mackenzie, The Man of Feeling, London: Cassell, published 1886, pages 60–1

Questions about bear gardens

What is bear gardens the plural of?
Bear gardens is the plural of bear garden.

Words near bear gardens in the dictionary

  1. bear down on
  2. bear false witness
  3. Bear Flag
  4. bear fruit
  5. bear garden
  6. bear gardens
  7. bear garlic
  8. bear hang
  9. bear hangs
  10. bear hug
  11. bear hugs

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