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Definition of Three-ring circus
1. Noun. A circus with simultaneous performances in three rings.
Definition of Three-ring circus
1. Noun. A large circus in which three separate performances are staged simultaneously, each within its own circular enclosure. ¹
2. Noun. (idiomatic by extension) A disorderly, complicated, rapidly changing situation or set of events, which is a source of bewilderment, amazement, or amusement. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Three-ring Circus
Literary usage of Three-ring circus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Witches of Bielefeld: War Poems and Notesby Gus L. Goethals by Gus L. Goethals (1918)
"... Somewhere in France they're putting up A three ring circus tent, The Ticket
Agents are around And seats are now for rent, Somewhere in dear old U, S, A, ..."
2. The Technical World Magazine (1910)
"The principle, broadly speaking, is that of the three-ring circus which developed
naturally out of the increasing size of circus audiences until all the ..."
3. How Paris Amuses Itself by F[rank] Berkeley Smith (1903)
"In America the roof of the three-ring circus holds a network of trap apparatus
upon which a dozen aerial performers exhibit at the same time. ..."
4. High Adventure: A Narrative of Air Fighting in France by James Norman Hall (1918)
"With all the activities of the school taking place at once, we were as excited
as two boys seeing their first three-ring circus. We scarcely knew which way ..."
5. High Adventure: A Narrative of Air Fighting in France by James Norman Hall (1918)
"With all the activities of the school taking place at once, we were as excited
as two boys seeing their first three-ring circus. We scarcely knew which way ..."
6. Prose Specimens for Use with Classes in English Composition by Carson Samuel Duncan, Edwin Long Beck, William Lucius Graves (1913)
"You see, there is less waste of opportunity at a three-ring circus when you sit
on the top row. So Tommy, from his vantage-point, overlooked the whole field ..."
7. The Best Short Stories of ... and the Yearbook of the American Short Story edited by Edward Joseph Harrington O'Brien (1917)
"I 'll do this here three-ring circus in some kind o' way while you 're gone.
Don't you come back before one-thirty, Miss Willett. Y' un'erstan' me, ..."
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