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hippodrome 1. a music hall, variety theatre, or circus 2. (in ancient Greece or Rome) an open-air course for horse and chariot races 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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| The king has ordered some novel spectacle -- some gladiatorial exhibition at the hippodrome -- or perhaps the massacre of the Scythian prisoners -- or the conflagration of his new palace -- or the tearing down of a handsome temple -- or, indeed, a bonfire of a few Jews. Cahill was coming, and the three would have such a jolly chat, and perhaps end up at the Hippodrome. I am the best-educated horse outside of the hippodrome, everybody says, and the best-mannered. |
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