hare and hounds
Example Sentences
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I felt as if I were taking part in a schoolboy game of hare and hounds.
From The Thirty-Nine Steps by Buchan, John
"Like hare and hounds, sir," said Farnworth with a forced laugh.
From The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)
"The entire Catholic Church might play hare and hounds with the Holy Father as huntsman and the Cardinals as the whips, through Mr. Buxton's secret labyrinths."
From By What Authority? by Benson, Robert Hugh
"Once let 'em in, and they'd be for playing at hare and hounds over the flower-beds."
From Mildred Arkell, Volume II (of 3) A Novel by Wood, Mrs. Henry
The sight of Miss Middleton running inflamed young Crossjay with the passion of the game of hare and hounds.
From The Egoist by Meredith, George
