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menagerie

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menagerie
1. a collection of wild animals kept for exhibition
2. the place where such animals are housed


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A WISE and illustrious Writer of Fables was visiting a travelling menagerie with a view to collecting literary materials.
Like a lion in a menagerie, it is a survival of the extinct chaos entrapped and exhibited amid the smug parks and well-rolled downs of England.
"The Woozy has proved himself a good Woozy and a faithful friend," the Wizard went on, "so we will send him to the Royal Menagerie, where he will have good care and plenty to eat all his life.
 
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