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单词 run hunting
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run hunting
run hunting n. Australian (now rare) the action of searching for unoccupied land to claim and use for grazing animals; cf. sense 13.
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1847 Sydney Morning Herald 12 Jan. Great was the competition..to be first in selecting and occupying country; so great was the run hunting from this quarter,..that the Murrumbidgee below Mr. Hobler's..was pounced on almost while we were passing.
1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Squatter's Dream xix. 238 What do you say if I go run-hunting with you?
1916 H. L. Roth Sketches & Reminisc. Queensland 9 He found himself stockdriving and run hunting (i.e., looking for new country) in the Central and Northern lands of the then young Colony of Queensland.
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