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circus gold

circus gold  n.—Gloss: elephant dung. «Monday’s elephant strut, complete with little piles of what Ringling insiders affectionately call “circus gold,” was designed to whet appetites to see the new show, which debuts nationally...

elephant hunting

elephant hunting  n.— «One strategy particularly at risk is “elephant hunting,” as it is known on Wall Street, or the megabuyout of large publicly traded companies worth tens of billions of dollars.» —“Buyout firms adjust for less...

elephant door

elephant door  n.— «Although the Civic Center has what the entertainment industry calls an “elephant door”—an extremely large opening that would be big enough to accommodate elephants from the days of circuses—the ride was just...

elephant cage

elephant cage  n.— «You probably wouldn’t expect to find an elephant cage on an air base, but Elmendorf Air Base in Alaska has something like one—although there are no elephants in this cage. This is, in fact, a “AN/FLR-9 Circularly...

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