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Definition: FOX-HUNTING

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Pertaining to or engaged in the hunting of foxes; fond of hunting foxes.[Websters]
2. Infrequently used base adjective of the adverb fox-huntingly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(fox-huntingly)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the adjective fox-hunting.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "Fox-hunting" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1826. (references)


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Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man 4     Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man 4

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