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ˈhare-finder
A man whose business is to find or espy a hare in form.
1599Shakes. Much Ado i. i. 186 Or doe you play the flowting jacke, to tell vs Cupid is a good Hare-finder? 1611Markham Countr. Content i. vii. (1668) 43 The Hare-finder should give the Hare three sohows before he put her from her Lear. 1676Shadwell Virtuoso iii. Wks. 1720 I. 364 Clarinda. You stare about like a Hare-finder; what's the matter? Longvil. Faith, madam, I expected to have met your Sister here. 1824Miss Mitford Village Ser. i. (1863) 185 Rat-catcher, hare-finder, and broom-maker. |