2. Adjective. bloodthirsty ¹
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Definition of Bearbaiting
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bearbaiting
Literary usage of Bearbaiting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of England from the Accession of James II by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay (1907)
"But bearbaiting, then a favourite diversion of high and low, was the abomination
... The Puritan hated bearbaiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, ..."
2. English Garner: Ingatherings from Our History & Literature by Edward Arber (1896)
"... they durst not pass by towards Paul's Wharf, lest they should be espied : and
therefore entreated the Secretary to go with them to the bearbaiting; ..."
3. The History of England from the Accession of James the Second by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay, Hannah More Macaulay Trevelyan (1858)
"But bearbaiting, then a favourite diversion of high and low, was the abomination
... The Puritan hated bearbaiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, ..."
4. Heroes and Heroines of Fiction: Classical, Mediæval, Legendary; Famous by William Shepard Walsh (1914)
"Cerdon, in Butler's satiric poem, Hudibras, \, 2, the boldest leader of the rabble
which overwhelms Sir Hudibras at the bearbaiting. He is said to have been ..."
5. Heroes and Heroines of Fiction: Modern Prose and Poetry by William Shepard Walsh (1914)
"Cerdon, in Butler's satiric poem, Hudibras, i, 2, the boldest leader of the rabble
which overwhelms Sir Hudibras at the bearbaiting. He is said to have been ..."
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