bull-baitingn.
/ˈbʊlbeɪtɪŋ/ The action of baiting a bull with dogs. (Cf. bulldog n.)
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bull-running1622
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bull-bait1656
bull run1788
bull-feast1824
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1574 J. Baret Aluearie B 1374 Bulbaitinges.
1583 G. Babington Very Fruitfull Expos. Commaundem. iv. 190 Gadding to this ale or yt, to this bearebaiting & that bulbaiting.
1652 Let. from Madrid in Severall Proc. Parl. No. 170. The next day there was Bull-beating.
1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 31. ¶2 The Bull-baiting..cannot possibly be exhibited in the Theatre, by Reason of the Lowness of the Roof.
1802 Hist. Europe in Ann. Reg. 168/2 The practise of bull-baiting was dying away of itself.
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