[identity profile] rainbow-yarn.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] 1word1day
I'm so sorry; school just started up, and things have been hectic. I just... forgot. Normally, I'd make up the words I lost, but this time you only get one. My apologies!

hippodrome

noun
1. an arena or structure for equestrian and other spectacles.

2. (in ancient Greece and Rome) an oval track for horse races and chariot races.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hippodrome


"We may now only be novice partners," whispered fledgeling horse-rider Suzie to her horse Maverick, "But we shall someday perform together in the best-known hippodromes on the globe!" Maverick responded by biting her.

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Date: 2010-09-08 06:01 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dontcrosscross.livejournal.com
Maverick never wanted to be a star! He just wanted love, guys

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Date: 2010-09-08 06:26 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kazzisato.livejournal.com
Oh! I always wondered what that actually meant, but never looked it up...

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Date: 2010-09-08 11:07 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] glenatron.livejournal.com
If anyone was thinking "Oh, I wish I could read a pair of outstanding novels in which the Hippodrome is a central location" your problems are solved: The Sarantine Mosaic by Guy Gavriel Kay.

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Date: 2010-09-08 02:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] prettygoodword.livejournal.com
Not to mention Ben Hur.

---L.

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Date: 2010-09-08 03:17 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sky-star.livejournal.com
*kaff*
Can we exsibilate you if we already know the word?

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Date: 2010-09-08 07:06 pm (UTC)
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