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hare and hounds

noun

an outdoor game in which certain players, the hares, start off in advance on a long run, scattering small pieces of paper, called the scent, with the other players, the hounds, following the trail so marked in an effort to catch the hares before they reach a designated point.

hare and hounds

functioning as singular a game in which certain players ( hares ) run across country scattering pieces of paper that the other players ( hounds ) follow in an attempt to catch the hares

First recorded in 1835–45

Only rows with all the keepers for ten miles round; and big-side hare-and-hounds is better fun ten times over.

The only incident worth recording here, however, was his first run at hare-and-hounds.

"It's the turn of our house to find scent for big-side hare-and-hounds," exclaimed Tadpole.

Please, sir, we've been out Big-side Hare-and-hounds, and lost our way.

The only incident worth recording here, however, was his first run at Hare-and-hounds.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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