Parish-garden （
“Paris-garden,”
Cambridge
), a vulgarism for Paris-garden, the famous
bear-garden in Southwark, HENRY VIII.,
v. 4. 2.
“Paris-Garden is the place on the Thames bankside at London,
where the bears are kept and baited; and was anciently so called from Robert de Paris, who
had a house and garden there in Richard the Second's time,”
Blount's Glossographia,
1681, p. 473.
A General Glossary to Shakespeare's Works. Alexander Dyce. Boston. Dana Estes and Company. 1904.
This text was converted to electronic form by professional data entry and has been proofread to a high level of accuracy.
hide
Dictionary Entry Lookup
Use this tool to search for dictionary entries in all lexica.
