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A traveling company of performers that may include acrobats, clowns, trained animals, and other novelty acts, that gives shows usually in a circular tent.
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The circus will be in town next week.
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A round open space in a town or city where multiple streets meet.
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Oxford Circus in London is at the north end of Regent Street.
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A spectacle; a noisy fuss; a chaotic and/or crowded place.
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In the ancient Roman Empire, a building for chariot racing.
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(World War II) A code name for bomber attacks with fighter escorts in the day time. The attacks were against short-range targets with the intention of occupying enemy fighters and keeping their fighter units in the area concerned.
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Circuit; space; enclosure.