stamping ground
or stomping ground
a habitual or favorite haunt.
Origin of stamping ground
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How to use stamping ground in a sentence
He sold out to Senator Swink and others and moved on to Chicago, his early stamping ground.
Longing to see you again and the dear old stamping-ground at Heavy Tree.
The Three Partners | Bret HarteReaching the stamping-ground, my boy, I beheld a scene at once unique and impressive.
The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 1 | Robert H. NewellThe Diablerets are the very stamping-ground of dwarfs, gnomes, and dragons.
The Spell of Switzerland | Nathan Haskell DoleA lost soul in every sense of the word, the North was to him a refuge and an unrestricted stamping-ground.
The Trail of '98 | Robert W. Service
British Dictionary definitions for stamping ground
a habitual or favourite meeting or gathering place
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Other Idioms and Phrases with stamping ground
Also, old stamping ground. A habitual or favorite haunt, as in Whenever we visit, we go back to our old stamping ground, the drugstore nearest the high school. This term alludes to a traditional gathering place for horses or cattle, which stamp down the ground with their hooves. [Early 1800s]
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