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Boar hunting - Wikipedia
Pigsticking is a form of boar hunting done by individuals, or groups of spearmen ; In India, pigsticking was popular among the Jatts ; Robert Baden-Powell ; In ...
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PIGSTICKING definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
Definition of 'pigsticking'. COBUILD frequency band. pigsticking in American English. (ˈpɪgˌstɪkɪŋ ). noun. the hunting of wild boars, esp. on horseback and ...
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PIGSTICKING Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
Pigsticking definition: the sport of hunting wild boar. See examples of PIGSTICKING used in a sentence.
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pigsticking (ˈpɪgˌstɪkɪŋ) [f. pig n.1 + sticking vbl. n.] 1. The hunting of the wild boar with a spear. Also attrib.1848 Thackeray Van. Fair lx, Describing the sport of pigsticking..with great humour and eloquence. 1881 J. Grant Cameronians I. iii. 32 The dinner-gong..recalled his thoughts from pig-...
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A Renaissance For 'Pigsticking' In Spain - NPR
Cruelty Or Beauty? Nunez hadn't heard of pigsticking either until it was recently added to hunting regulations. And while she says every effort ...
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PIGSTICK Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
pigsticked; pigsticking; pigsticks intransitive verb : to hunt the wild boar on horseback with a spear
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pigsticker (ˈpɪgˌstɪkə(r)) [f. pigsticking: see -er1.] a. One who follows the sport of pigsticking.1866 Trevelyan in Fraser's Mag. LXXIII. 387, I may be a young pig-sticker, but I am too old a sports⁓man to make such a mistake as that. 1889 Athenæum 24 Aug. 255/1 The courage, horsemanship, and skill...
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pig-sticking, n. meanings, etymology and more
pig-sticking, n. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford ... View pigsticking in OED Second Edition. Cite. Close modal. Permanent link ...
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Pig Sticking | Faithful Readers
... Pig-Sticking or Hog-Hunting: A Complete Account for Sportsmen and Others (1889), Reminiscences of Twenty Years' Pigsticking in Bengal (1893) ...
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Boar hunt – DW – 05/08/2013
'Pigsticking' is the practice of hunting wild boar on horseback with spears. The sport dates back to Roman times and is making a comeback in Spain.
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Pigsticking - definition of pigsticking by The Free Dictionary
1. pigsticking - the sport of hunting wild boar with spears. hunting, hunt - the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport ...
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Pigsticking
Pigsticking is a form of boar hunting done by individuals, or groups of spearmen on foot or on horseback using a specialized boar In India, pigsticking was popular among the Jatts, Gujjars, Rajputs, Sikhs, Maharajas, RajGond Rajas and with British officers during Victorian and Edwardian
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Sharing
At pigsticking, all members of the community got their shares too. Superfluous plants were freely distributed to neighbours in the season.
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mulish
mulish, a. (ˈmjuːlɪʃ) [f. mule + -ish.] Characteristic of a mule; resembling a mule; intractable, stubborn. † Also, hybrid (obs.).1751 Smollett Per. Pic. x, He was as inflexible and mulish as ever. 1765 Goldsm. Ess. xxxiv. Misc. Wks. 1837 I. 372 It will continue a kind of mulish production, with all...
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Soysambu Conservancy
Winston Churchill picnicked by the lake in 1908 after some pigsticking, Evelyn Waugh stayed for a spot of "corridor creeping" in the 1930s.
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