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n. - Mounted men follow hounds in pursuit of prey v. - Search for prey, on horseback and with dogs.

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  • Both are valid, in their environment - you wouldn't foxhunt through Camden (though you might shoot the little scavengers).
  • "You can foxhunt at 5 years old; you can foxhunt at 90," says Masters of Foxhound Association Executive Director Dennis Foster.
  • My laptop and BlackBerry are always on, and I can tell you exactly how many people are watching me and which influencers I am chasing like a beagle on a foxhunt.
  • She'd never heard nor seen a foxhunt, though she'd read about them since coming to the school, and it was one of those things even a street urchin knew about vaguely.
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