hook-and-bullet

adjective

Relating to, or characteristic of, the outdoor pursuits of fishing and hunting.

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Meanings

adjectivehook-and-bullet (not comparable)
  1. not comparableRelating to, or characteristic of, the outdoor pursuits of fishing and hunting.

    In the guise of a wildlife writer, a hook-and-bullet writer for Sports Illustrated, I went south also, to Baton Rouge and beyond.

    1999, Phillip Lopate, The Art of the Essay, page 269
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    Arnett has always been a hook and bullet boy — safari hunter, duck hunter, National Rifle Association member, founder and chairman of the Wildlife Legislative Fund of America and its companion Wildlife Conservation Fund of America.

    1981, The Living Wilderness, volume 45, page 12

    In northern Michigan, on the blue water and in the green woods and under the expert tutelage of a hook-and-bullet, uphill-tramping outdoor dad, he found his center of perceptual gravity, his continuity with nature […]

    1992, John G. Mitchell, Robert J. Mitchell, Dispatches from the Deep Woods, page 132
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