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Billster

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Why do they call it a hippodrome? There's no hippos here, only horses!

 

 

ah, the root of my lame little joke:

 

http://dict.die.net/hippodrome/

 

Source: WordNet (r) 1.7


hippodrome

n : a stadium for horse shows or horse races



Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)


Hippodrome Hip"po*drome, n. (Sports)

A fraudulent contest with a predetermined winner. [slang, U.

S.]


Hippodrome Hip"po*drome, v. i. [imp. & p. p. -dromed; p. pr.

& vb. n. -droming.] (Sports)

To arrange contests with predetermined winners. [slang, U.

S.]


Hippodrome Hip"po*drome, n. [L. hippodromos, Gr. ?; "i`ppos

horse + ? course, fr. ? to run: cf. F. hippodrome.]

1. (Gr. Antiq.) A place set apart for equestrian and chariot

races.


2. An arena for equestrian performances; a circus.


 

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