the "squared circle"

Mon Jul 4 13:53:01 UTC 2005

OED has no entry for this sportswriting cliche' referring to a prizering or wrestling ring :

1998 _Mad_ (Jan. 1999) 24   Dennis Rodman...stepped into the squared circle for a tag team match against...Katl Malone.

1934 Maurice H. Weseen _Dict. of Amer. Slang_ 242  _Squared circle_--The boxing ring.

JL

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