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bearbaiting

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bear·bait·ing  (bârbtng)
n.
The practice of setting dogs on a chained bear.

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Our usual violence took the form of fistfights, which drew us the way bearbaiting or cockfighting might have if we'd had the opportunities for them.
In the late 1500s, the chief amusement on the entertainment circuit was bearbaiting.
Later that century they reopened along with several theaters, bearbaiting pits, and pleasure gardens.
 
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