zoo break

English

Noun

zoo break (plural zoo breaks)

1. (rare) A breakout by animals from a zoo.
   • 1936, Today: An Independent National Weekly, volume 6, →OCLC, page iv:

     The Herald published a fictitious story of a zoo break, accompanied by pictures of elephants, donkeys, lions and other brothers of the menagerie.

   • 1950, The Virginia Spectator, →OCLC, page 8:

     One night there was a zoo break, and one of the elephants wound up in the young lady's vegetable garden.

   • 1998, Josie P. Campbell, John Irving: A Critical Companion, Greenwood Press, →OCLC, page 18:

     In one of these scenes, Siggy must run for his life, and goes back to Vienna to plan the zoo break.