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fox hunting

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The sport of hunting foxes across country with a pack of hounds by a group of people on foot and horseback, a traditional sport of the landed gentry now controversially banned in Great Britain.

uncountable

Equivalents

Suomiketunpyynti
Svenskarävjakt

Examples

“At Plumtree the railway enters the pleasant, rolling Wolds, famous for fox-hunting.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

fox in the box fox in the henhouse Fox Islands fox kestrel fox maggot fox mark

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