| 单词 | badger baiting |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbadger baiting badger baiting n. British the (now illegal) practice of setting dogs upon a badger, esp. in order to draw it out of a specially dug hole (or a container used as a substitute for one); (occasionally) an instance of this; cf. badger digging n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting or baiting animals > animal baiting > [noun] > badger-baiting badger baiting1729 badger drawing1806 1729 Musical Misc. I. 163 Hear Footmen swearing; Ingeniously waiting, to see Badger-baiting. 1790 Loiterer 6 Mar. 6 The object of this grand cavalcade had been a Badger-baiting on Bullingdon-Green. 1851 G. Borrow Lavengro II. vii. 67 You show, by your own conduct,..that there are other things worth following besides dog-fighting. You practise rat-catching and badger-baiting as well. 1986 Lydney Observer 12 Sept. 7/3 Much of the badger-baiting in the Forest of Dean is the work of raiders from Wales. 2002 Observer 16 June i. 13/7 A decade after the introduction of the Protection of Badgers Act, 1992, the comeback of badger-baiting has stunned animal welfare groups. < as lemmas |
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