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pot-hunter
ˈpot-ˌhunter [f. pot n.1 + hunter.] † 1. An opprobrious appellation: ? a sycophant, a parasite: cf. barnacle n.2 3 b. Obs.1592 Nashe Four Lett. Confut. Wks. (Grosart) II. 242 This indigested Chaos of Doctourship, and greedy pothunter after applause, is an apparant Publican and sinner. 1592 Greene Bl... Oxford English Dictionary
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pot-hunter
pot-huntern(a) (in shooting) person who shoots every bird or animal he sees and thinks only of profit rather than sport (射击活动)纯为牟利而非以运动为目的的行猎者.(b) person who takes part in a contest only for the sake of the prize 只为获奖而参加比赛的人. 牛津英汉双解词典
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pot-fisher
ˈpot-ˌfisher a. = pot-fisherman. b. One who fishes merely ‘for the pot’: cf. pot-hunter 2.1890 in Cent. Dict. Oxford English Dictionary
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Birdwatching
Earlier terms for those who chased rarities were pot-hunter, tally-hunter, or tick-hunter. wikipedia.org
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pot-hunt
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 w... Oxford English Dictionary
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pot-shot
▪ I. ˈpot-ˌshot, n.1 [pot n.1] 1. A shot taken at game merely for the purpose of filling the pot for a meal, without regard to skill or the rules of sport (cf. pot-hunter 2), and so from any position or point of advantage. Hence transf. A shot aimed at a person or animal that happens to be within ea... Oxford English Dictionary
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pot
▪ I. pot, n.1 (pɒt) Forms: 2–8 pott, 4–7 potte, (5 putte), 3– pot. (Also 4–5 poot, 5 Sc. poyt, mod.Sc. dial. pat, patt.) [Late OE. or early ME. pott, cognate with OFris. pot, MDu. pot(t, Du. pot, MLG. pot, put, LG. pot(t; whence mod.Ger. pott, late ON. potte (c 1300), Sw. potta, Da. potte; also with... Oxford English Dictionary
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ISBN 0-7190-6631-X Hunter, I. Q. (2009). "Exploitation as Adaptation", in Cultural Borrowings: Appropriation, Reworking, Transformation, ed. A New Pot of Gold: Hollywood Under the Electronic Rainbow, 1980–1989. Berkeley: University of California Press. wikipedia.org
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