In the game of hare and hounds, a runner whose business it is to keep the hounds in order.
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| 释义 | society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > hiding or chasing game > [noun] > hare and hounds > participant (5) whipper-in1855 In the game of hare and hounds, a runner whose business it is to keep the hounds in order. hound1857 Transferred, in various senses, to persons. transferred. A player who follows the ‘scent’ laid down by the ‘hare’ in the sport hare and hounds n.… hare1883 The person who lays the ‘scent’ (usually paper torn into fragments) which the ‘hounds’ follow in the sport of hare and hounds (see hare and hounds n.… paper-chaser1884 a competitor in a paperchase; (also) a person who works in an office; a bureaucrat. harrier1891 A member of a ‘hare-and-hounds’ team. |
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