squirrellingn.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting specific animals > [noun] > others
bear-hunt?c1225
squirrelling1594
bear hunting1664
wolfing1875
1594 J. Lyly Mother Bombie ii. ii. sig. C4 I thinke Lucio be gone a squirelling, but Ile squirell him for it, I sent him on my arrande.
2. Hoarding, saving up; storing away.
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the mind > possession > supply > storage > [noun] > hoarding
muckeringc1430
hoarding1595
hiving1844
squirrelling1960
1960 Listener 31 Mar. 564/2 Surplus hours..used either to offset the effect of tight times, or as a safeguard against situations when..work became short, and time had to be booked at the ‘lower’ time rate. I have heard this practice described as ‘squirrelling’ in other industries.
1965 Wall St. Jrnl. 17 Feb. 1 Presumably, the worsening could result from public hoarding of the new coins or the squirreling away of old ones as keepsakes.
1969 Daily Tel. 31 July 15/1 We resolved to resist all temptations to lay in 1969 supplies of anything which remained in bulk from 1968's feverish squirrelling.
1972 Guardian 25 Sept. 8/1 The specialist's squirrelling of facts.
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