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bull-baiting

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bull-baiting

The setting of dogs to attack a chained bull, one-time ‘sport’ popular in the UK and Europe. It became illegal in Britain in 1835.
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They will know of the saloon only in the pages of history, and they will think of the saloon as a quaint old custom similar to bull-baiting and the burning of witches.
John Barleycorn by London, Jack View in context
But on that which was to follow, feats of archery, of bull-baiting, and other popular amusements, were to be practised, for the more immediate amusement of the populace.
Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter View in context
"Which I meantersay," cried Joe, "that if you come into my place bull-baiting and badgering me, come out
Great Expectations by Dickens, Charles View in context
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