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单词 hare and hounds
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hare and hounds

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noun

an outdoor game in which certain players, the hares, start off in advance on a long run, scattering small pieces of paper, called the scent, with the other players, the hounds, following the trail so marked in an effort to catch the hares before they reach a designated point.
Also called paper chase.

Origin of hare and hounds

First recorded in 1835–45

Words nearby hare and hounds

hardy ageratum, hard yards, Hardy-Rand-Ritter test, Hardy-Weinberg law, hare, hare and hounds, harebell, harebrained, hareem, Hare Krishna, harelip
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Example sentences from the Web for hare and hounds

  • The only incident worth recording here, however, was his first run at hare-and-hounds.

    Tom Brown's Schooldays|Thomas Hughes
  • I went out with a party of friends to play at hare-and-hounds.

    Story of My Life, volumes 1-3|Augustus J. C. Hare
  • The only incident worth recording here, however, was his first run at Hare-and-hounds.

    Tom Brown's School Days|Thomas Hughes

British Dictionary definitions for hare and hounds

hare and hounds

noun

(functioning as singular) a game in which certain players (hares) run across country scattering pieces of paper that the other players (hounds) follow in an attempt to catch the hares
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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