hunting ground


noun
  1. a section or area for hunting game.

Origin of hunting ground

1
An Americanism dating back to 1650–60

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How to use hunting ground in a sentence

  • His principal hunting-ground was from the mouth of the Arkansas north to the Tennessee line.

    Motor Matt's "Century" Run | Stanley R. Matthews
  • One day when I went to the pasture to get the hotel keeper's cows, I ran into Jack hunting ground squirrels with his dog.

    The Iron Puddler | James J. Davis

British Dictionary definitions for hunting ground

hunting ground

noun
  1. the area of a hunt

  2. Also called: happy hunting ground any place containing a supply of what is wanted or in which a search is conducted: some resorts are a happy hunting ground for souvenirs

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