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Definition of Menageries
1. menagerie [n] - See also: menagerie
Lexicographical Neighbors of Menageries
Literary usage of Menageries
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1892)
"... and practically acquired a monopoly of the trade in wild animals in this
country : he supplied all the travelling menageries and the Zoological Gardens, ..."
2. The Old Showmen, and the Old London Fairs by Thomas Frost (1874)
"menageries became larger and better arranged, while with the progress of zoological
science, they were rendered better media for its diffusion. ..."
3. The Cultivator by New York State Agricultural Society (1852)
"A few, as objects of curiosity, have been introduced into this country, and shown
in menageries. milkers, which corresponds with what Mr. Bell say« about ..."
4. Plutarch's Lives by Plutarch, John Langhorne, William Langhorne (1823)
"be found except in. the menageries of Lucullus." But he would not suffer them.,to
apply for them there; and said to his ..."
5. Travels in Siberia by S. S. Hill (1854)
"Towers.— Pagodas. — Temples. — Tower of Babel. — Bridges. — Conservatories.—
menageries. — Specimens of Siberian Sculpture.— Griffins. ..."
6. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1914)
"... tax upon "theatrical performances, panoramas, etc.," and not under section
111, providing for a license tax upon "shows, circuses, and menageries. ..."
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