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A bear garden was an establishment for bearbaiting or similar forms of entertainment. The term can also describe a scene of unruly disturbance or uproar.1

Historically, "Paris Garden" was a specific bear garden in London during the 16th and 17th centuries, and the term "Paris garden" itself became an obsolete synonym for a bear garden or a scene of uproar.2

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