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- noun Plural form of
hippodrome .
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Examples
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"Tork about yer marine hippodromes, - if this ain't one, I'd like to know!" affirmed another.
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Mr. ERIC COOPER (President, Oildorado Days Festival): During the boomtown days of the early 1900s, we had hippodromes, we had opera theaters, we had all kinds of incredible infrastructure here in town.
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Their chief companions, or rather, their most intimate friends, are the fellows who hang about livery stables, betting-rooms, race-courses, and hippodromes; crop-eared grooms,
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 327, January, 1843 Various
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The gladiatorial shows, so popular in Rome, were forbidden here, though theatres, amphitheatres, and hippodromes kept their place.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various
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In revenge for that failure, the Press tried to console the natives by enlarging on the superior attraction of hippodromes, ice-saloons, and penny shows, with which it was surrounded, and contrasting them with the
Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada Henry A. Murray
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And they wore gold very generally, and clothed themselves in the Medic garments, which now they call "seric," [18] and passed their time, thus dressed, in theatres and hippodromes and in other pleasureable pursuits, and above all else in hunting.
History of the Wars, Books III and IV (of 8) The Vandalic War Procopius
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Theodatus, both in the theatres and in the hippodromes and wherever else it should be necessary for such a thing to be done; furthermore, that no statue of bronze nor of any other material should ever be set up to
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Ruins of theatres, hippodromes, temples, synagogues, baths, and villas witness to the presence of all the refinements of Graeco-Roman culture.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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"Tork about yer marine hippodromes, - if this ain't one, I'd like to know!" affirmed another.
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"Talk about your marine hippodromes, if this ain't one I'd like to know!" declared another.
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