Paris-Garden.

A bear-garden; a noisy, disorderly place. In allusion to the bear-garden so called on the Thames bank-side, kept by Robert de Paris in the reign of Richard II.

Do you take the court for a Paris-garden?”—Shakespeare: Henry VIII., v. 3.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

Parcæ
Parchment
Pardon Bell
Pardouneres Tale
Pari Passu
Parian Chronicle
Parian Verse
Parias or Pariahs
Paridel
Paris
Paris-Garden
Parish Registers
Parisian
Parisian Wedding (The)
Parisienne (La)
Parisina
Parizade
Parkership
Parks
Parlance
Parlement (French)

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