Circus
Circus noun - A large usually roofless building for sporting events with tiers of seats for spectators.
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The yearly summer sideshow event in Killing Floor turns all the specimens into circus-themed versions of themselves.
Source: Circus of Fear - Circus tradition is that this music is played only in the event of a major life-threatening emergency during a show to signal the staff; it's nicknamed "The Disaster March".
Source: Creepy Circus Music -
In episode "A New Age of Aluminium" from The Autobiography of Jane Eyre, Warren Danton and Mr Rochester both wear eye liner because the party (Thornfield Exports Visual Art Festival, a rebranding event) has circus for its theme.
Source: Guyliner
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