circus save
n.— «Garrett made a circus save on a shot by Vancouver’s Mike Chernoff in the third period Friday night.» —“Goalie Stars in Fighting Saints’ Win Over Blazers” Ironwood Daily Globe (Mich.) Nov. 10, 1973. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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