rock hound
Example Sentences
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“I like to fish; Kathy likes to rock hound,” said Tom, 69, on a recent spring morning in the living room of the ranch house where they still live, surrounded by 250 heads of Black Angus and about 40 cats.
From Washington Post
Platt is now an avid “amateur geologist and rock hound” who takes trips around the state and in the Lower 48, looking for interesting rocks and fossils.
From Washington Times
He was what you call a rock hound.
From Time
I was a young “rock hound,” a “pebble pup.”
From Time
Among the rock tunes written by Stoller and Leiber, who were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987, were “Jailhouse Rock,” “Hound Dog” and “Stand by Me.”
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
