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单词 crust-hunt
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crust-huntv.

Brit. /ˈkrʌsthʌnt/, U.S. /ˈkrəstˌhənt/, Canadian English /ˈkrʌstˌhʌnt/
Etymology: < crust n. + hunt v., after crust-hunter, crust-hunting, in which crust- is in locative relation to the nouns, as in plain-dweller, sea-faring, etc.
U.S. and Canadian.
intransitive. To hunt deer or other large game on the snow, when covered with a frozen crust strong enough to bear the hunter, but not to support the game, which sink in and are easily run down.
ΚΠ
1889 Cent. Dict. Cruster, one who crust-hunts for game.

Derivatives

ˈcrust-hunter n.
ΚΠ
1888 Forest & Stream XXX. 47/1 Thus eluding..the..crust-hunters as well as the hound.
ˈcrust-hunting n.
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1885 Forest & Stream XXIV. 425 Advocates of January crust-hunting.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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