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circus
noun as in fair with entertainment
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It helps that the circus is like a family—only one that can choose its members.
The circus is now performing 18 shows around the world, with eight performances in Las Vegas alone each night.
In 1870, the very Germanically-named August Ruengling fixed a harness for a circus rider and obtained free passes for his family.
Circus parades often became as large a sight as the performance itself; one Barnum and Bailey parade stretched for three miles.
The modern era of the circus is inseparable from several names you may have encountered.
There were five men and three women in the circus troupe, and among the four nuns was the grave reverend mother of a convent.
The comical little pig and the merry monkey hid under the bush and ate acorns as they watched the circus procession go past.
She wouldn't hear tell o' my working half the day, though I could well's not, 'cause the circus don't take in till two o'clock.
Home it is where we'll eat that nice lunch o' Mrs. Calvert's, 'cause I haven't got a cent left to buy them circus tickets.
His white tail curves beautifully like the plumes on the hats of the circus ladies.
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On this page you'll find 23 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to circus, such as: festival, spectacle, bazaar, hippodrome, show, and big top.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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