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bear garden

noun

  1. a place for keeping or exhibiting bears, especially (formerly) for bearbaiting.
  2. a place or scene of tumult.


bear garden

noun

  1. (formerly) a place where bears were exhibited and where bear-baiting took place
  2. a place or scene of tumult and disorder
“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
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Origin of bear garden1

First recorded in 1590–1600
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“His loss at this dreadful time is particularly hard to bear,” Garden said.

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"I don't particularly like that sort of bear garden atmosphere or way of doing politics."

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Sunstang, bunny n bear, Garden Chat, 8 p.m.,

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After describing the sale of this “polar bear garden,” Mr. Perkins beckons his collaborators and has them put on mustaches.

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"It was a real bear garden," Lord Campbell told The Daily Telegraph.

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