pot-hunt, v.
[Back-formation f. pot-hunter.]
intr. To hunt ‘for the pot’ (see pot n.1 1 b); to be a pot-hunter.
| 1926 Chambers's Jrnl. July 418/1 You..prefer to pot-hunt—luckily for us, with six hefty Gurkhas and the servants to feed, as well as ourselves! 1936 Auden & Isherwood Ascent of F6 46 When we were boys at school, I saw him..win the prizes... We are older now..But James..Must fill the last gap in his great collection And pot-hunt for his brother. |