hippodrome
IPA: hˈɪpʌdroʊm
noun
- A horse racing course.
- (US, slang, sports) A fraudulent sporting contest with a predetermined winner.
- (archaic) A circus with equestrian performances.
verb
- (US, slang, sports, especially baseball) To stage a sporting contest to suit gamblers.
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Examples of "hippodrome" in Sentences
- She played the Hippodrome for one year.
- Next to the stadium there is located hippodrome.
- The locations of a stadion and a hippodrome are unknown.
- A frequent venue was the Hippodrome in the Sachsenhausen.
- The obelisk is located in the Hippodrome of Constantinople.
- He was burned as a heretic in the hippodrome of Constantinople.
- It was not used as a Hippodrome for forever as the article explains.
- He was finally executed by decapitation in the Hippodrome of Aquileia.
- Franko celebrated his golden jubilee with a concert at the Hippodrome.
- At the opposite end rise the three remnants of the original Hippodrome.
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