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    hippodrome
    [ noun ]
    a stadium for horse shows or horse races
    <noun.artifact>


    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.

    3. (Sports) A fraudulent contest with a predetermined winner.
    [Slang, U. S.]
    [Webster 1913 Suppl.]


    Hippodrome \Hip"po*drome\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hippodromed}; p.
    pr. & vb. n. {Hippodroming}.] (Sports)
    To arrange contests with predetermined winners. [Slang, U.
    S.]
    [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

    1. Before leaving, the pontiff celebrated Mass at a soccer stadium and met with Moslem leaders and other N'Djamena residents at a hippodrome.
    2. The pontiff, nearing the end of his African tour, rode to the Sarh hippodrome in the back of an open pickup truck along dusty streets lined with mango trees.
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