(World War II) A code name for bomber attacks with fighter escorts in the day time. The attacks were against short-range targets with the intention of occupying enemy fighters and keeping their fighter units in the area concerned.
“It would be lovely to go to the circus with the kids. We've not been to a circus in so long.”
“And you, too, Myrrhina, who know Licinius and Hippias, and saw with your own eyes two hundred gladiators in the circus only yesterday, you ought to be a better judge.”
“It's like a total circus out there with all those reporters and their cameras.”