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bear-baiting n (Historical Terms) (formerly) an entertainment in which dogs attacked and enraged a chained bear How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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For a long time, too, the theater was a man's amusement just as bear-baiting or cock-fighting had been. His example was soon followed by other managers, though the favorite place for the theaters soon came to be the 'Bankside,' the region in Southwark just across the Thames from the 'city' where Chaucer's Tabard Inn had stood and where pits for bear-baiting and cock-fighting had long flourished. |
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