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Paris-Garden
A bear-garden; a noisy, disorderly place. In allusion to the
bear-garden so called on the Thames bank-side, kept by Robert de
Paris in the reign of Richard II.
“Do you take the court for a Paris-garden?” —Shakespeare: Henry
VIII., v. 3.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Paris-Garden from Infoplease:
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- Sackerson - Sackerson The famous bear kept at “Paris Garden” in Shakespeare's time, (See Paris ...
- Orsin - Orsin One of the leaders of the rabble that attacked Hudibras at a bear-baiting. He was ...
- William Shakespeare: Henry VIII, Act V, Scene IV - You'll leave your noise anon, ye rascals: do you take the court for Paris-garden? ye rude slaves, leave your gaping.
- Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: P - Definitions, origins, and illustrative excerpts for words, phases, and literary allusions starting with "P"
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