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MUSCOVITE Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

three-ring circus

Hi,

It is just a "fugure of speech" today?

Did 3-ring circuses ever exist in reality? Maybe those were some travelling circuses (in the past)?

(I have checked the Internet but failed to find an answer to this question)

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MUSCOVITE Did 3-ring circuses ever exist in reality? Oh, yes. Ringling Brothers / Barnum & Bailey's was probably the most famous.

— Mister Micawber

  • MUSCOVITE Did 3-ring circuses ever exist in reality?
  • Oh, yes.
  • Ringling Brothers / Barnum & Bailey's was probably the most famous.
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MUSCOVITEDid 3-ring circuses ever exist in reality?
Oh, yes. Ringling Brothers / Barnum & Bailey's was probably the most famous.
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Very curious (and very "picturesque"!) circus bills! Thank you so much! Emotion: yes
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