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1827 Ld. Brougham Let. 1 Apr. in A. Aspinall Lord Brougham & Whig Party (1927) viii. 144 We may conclude that Canning is playing the unworthy game of place-seeking.

1860 G. A. Sala in Cornhill Mag. Feb. 230 The blameless, spotless life, without..place-seeking.

1908 Daily Chron. 24 July 4/6 How much of her success in place-seeking a woman owes to her business-like methods and how much to her milliner is a moot point.

1989 W. Nash in R. Carter & P. Simpson Lang., Disc. & Lit. i. 37 Bernardo assumes—is eager to assume—Francisco's ‘place’; and throughout the play ‘place taking’ and ‘place seeking’ in one form or another are important themes.

1827 H. Brougham Let. in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1927) 42 166 In case, by the place-seeking disposition of some, and peace-keeping views of others, the country should still [etc.].

1995 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 5 Oct. 50/3 The point of such place-seeking intellectual's ability to persuade a potential patron that ‘speculation’ was an indispensable adjunct of power.