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Definition of Baitings
1. baiting [n] - See also: baiting
Lexicographical Neighbors of Baitings
Literary usage of Baitings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Rome by Livy (1835)
"Perennis and his emperor pursued together their course of cruelties: extravagance
in sports and in wild-beast-baitings was practised by Commodus alone, ..."
2. Four Years Among Spanish-Americans by Friedrich Hassaurek (1868)
"Bull-baitings, or Toros. — Description of'tlie Plaza Mayor. — Cock-fights.
— La Gallera. — Holidays. — Inocentes. — Masquerades between Christmas and New ..."
3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1870)
"... Flavian and other amphitheatres, our own bear-baitings, bull-baitings,
badger-baitings, rat - killings, and cock-fights, the arenas of Eastern princes, ..."
4. Ancient History by Philip Van Ness Myers (1916)
"Animal baitings. But far surpassing in their terrible fascination all other public
amusements were the animal baitings and the gladiatorial combats of the ..."
5. Festivals, Games, and Amusements, Ancient and Modern by Horace Smith (1831)
"as the common pastimes both of town and country, " bull-baitings and bear-baitings,
... bull and bear baitings, throwing at cocks, and lying at alehouses. ..."
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