HARE AND HOUNDS Definition & Meaning

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hare and hounds

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.

hare and hounds

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

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First recorded in 1835–45

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On Friday morning the pilots took part in a "hare and hounds" race where the lead balloon lands and puts down a cross marker.

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But far from underrating the caged fox or anise-seed bag, hare and hounds would seem to afford the better sport.

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"Like hare and hounds, sir," said Farnworth with a forced laugh.

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Talk of hare and hounds! no game was ever run like that.

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Little children playing hare and hounds, heedless of their steps, fell in, and came out gasping, almost choked with foul mud.

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