Meanings
nounfox-hunter (plural fox-hunters)
plural fox-hunters
- alternativeAlternative form of foxhunter
A Number of Fox-hunters will hazard their inſignificant Lives in Purſuit of their ſtupid Pleaſure; and for their Encouragement may take My Word for it, whatever becomes of their Necks—their Brains ſuffer no Hurt.
1745, The Devil's Almanac: Being a Curious Set of Helliſh Predictions., page 12
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