circus parking
n.— «It became a real military exercise when parking generators, worktrucks, and trailers near access points to locations while ensuring that crew members did not become lost between circus parking and location.» —by Louisa Gradnitzer, Todd Pittson in Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia X Marks the Spot: On location with the X-files , 1999. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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