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Hare and hounds

noun

An outdoor game; one group of players (the hares) start off on a long run scattering bits of paper (the scent) and pursuers (the hounds) try to catch them before they reach a designated spot. Synonym: paper chase.

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"Hare and hounds" Quotes from Famous Books

... of the Parkhurst Hare and Hounds Club, to me, one March morning in the year 18—. I had no need to be reminded of the appointment; for this was the day of the "great hunt" of the year, always held by the running set at Parkhurst School to yield in interest to no other ...

— Parkhurst Boys - And Other Stories of School Life • Talbot Baines Reed

... what I'll do," he continued in his lordly way; "I'll give you a chance. We're starting hare and hounds next Saturday; you can be a hare. You needn't tell anybody. Just turn up on Saturday and I'll see to it. Mind, you'll have to run like ...

— Paul Kelver • Jerome Klapka, AKA Jerome K. Jerome

Words linked to "Hare and hounds" : game