Breeding-ground
a place where animals breed or to which they return to breed.
an environment suitable for or fostering the development of an idea, thing, etc.:
a breeding ground for violence.
Historical Examples
Shandygaff Christopher Morley
The Last Shot Frederick Palmer
Hugh Arthur Christopher Benson
Witching Hill E. W. Hornung
Selected Works of Voltairine de Cleyre Voltairine de Cleyre
A Floating Home Cyril Ionides
Life Histories of North American Wood Warblers Part One and Part Two Arthur Bent
Happiness as Found in Forethought Minus Fearthought Horace Fletcher
The Isles of Scilly Jessie Mothersole
British Birds in their Haunts Rev. C. A. Johns
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