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still hunt, n. U.S.
Also still-hunt.
[f. still a. + hunt n.]
1. A pursuit for game in a stealthy manner or under cover; stalking.
1860Mayne Reid Hunter's Feast xvii, It was to be a ‘still’ hunt, and we went afoot. 1861G. F. Berkeley Eng. Sportsman xiv. 261 They started to a still hunt.
2. transf. and fig. The pursuit of any object quietly and cautiously; esp. (see quot. 1890).
1828M. S. Bidwell Let. in Toronto Publ. Libr. MSS B104. 69 Under the guidance of Mackenzie, who did not conduct himself with the caution and reserve of a new member, the House went on a still hunt for grievances. 1876N.Y. Tribune 28 Aug. 4/4 It will be well for the Republican managers to bear in mind that a ‘still hunt’ is Gov. Tilden's favorite campaign method. 1890C. L. Norton Polit. Americanisms 109 Still Hunt, originally a sporting term, but applied during the campaign of 1876 to political methods conducted in secret, or underhanded methods. 1893Lightning 9 Feb. 89/2 We go on the ‘still-hunt’ principle. 1916‘B. M. Bower’ Phantom Herd ii. 32 I'm out on a still hunt for some real boys. 1936H. Hagedorn Brookings ix. 131 He took to riding afternoons in Forest Park along the western edge of the city, on a persistent, still-hunt for a site. 1948E. N. Dick Dixie Frontier 241 Sometimes a candidate..slipped off and went on a ‘still hunt’; that is, he visited the people house-to-house and attended small gatherings unheralded. |