bear garden

== English == === Noun === bear garden (plural bear gardens) (historical) A public place where bears are kept for diversion or fighting. (archaic) Any place where riotous conduct is common or permitted. 1867-1868, Matthew Arnold, Culture and Anarchy He sees the rich, the aristocratic class, in occupation of the executive government, and so if he is of us, stopped from making Hyde Park a bear-garden or the streets.