The gamekeeper is a man in his nineties who claims he'd been bitten by every poisonous animal except a rattlesnake. From Wordnik.com. [Epinions Recent Content for Home] Reference
One of their neighbours, Miss Adelaide Boodle, who was given the jocose title of "gamekeeper" when she assumed charge of. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson] Reference
"gamekeeper" of Skerryvore, Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson describes their life at Saranac. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson] Reference
The gamekeeper marked the spot on a large-scale map. From Wordnik.com. [Longshot]
Bad luck to ev'ry gamekeeper that will not sell his deer. From Wordnik.com. [The Lincolnshire Poacher] Reference
'Twas then we spied the gamekeeper, for him we dld not care. From Wordnik.com. [The Lincolnshire Poacher] Reference
Mr. WARDLE is the latest example of the poacher turned gamekeeper. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, November 21, 1917] Reference
The face of the gamekeeper lying there in the moonlight haunted him. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Jolliffe's Boys] Reference
But when you ask poachers to choose a new gamekeeper, what do you expect?. From Wordnik.com. [Westminster at its worst] Reference
The "umbles" of the deer are constantly the perquisites of the gamekeeper. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 06, December 8, 1849] Reference
The lads had been out for a night's rabbit-snaring with the gamekeeper, and. From Wordnik.com. [The Carved Cupboard] Reference
The gamekeeper with his double-barrel would have a good deal the best of it. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Jolliffe's Boys] Reference
Arthur I supposed was with the gamekeeper, a little distance in advance of us. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864] Reference
Not for an instant did I mistake it for a deer, or a gamekeeper, or a poacher, or. From Wordnik.com. [Kate Coventry An Autobiography] Reference
He isn't merely a poacher turned gamekeeper; he now owns the land he used to poach on. From Wordnik.com. [Toby On Top] Reference
He had been a gamekeeper on a nobleman's estate, and his wife had been a housemaid there. From Wordnik.com. [Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison Fifteen Years in Solitude] Reference
I suggest you go down to the feast, while I write to Azkaban-we need our gamekeeper back. From Wordnik.com. [Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]
When at the lodge the following year, the gentleman asked the gamekeeper how he liked the cap. From Wordnik.com. [Jokes For All Occasions Selected and Edited by One of America's Foremost Public Speakers] Reference
An astonished gamekeeper reported that the falcon had taken not even a morsel from the pigeon. From Wordnik.com. [Through Wolfs Eyes] Reference
But two powerfully built and fearless men, David English, of Hameringham, and a gamekeeper named. From Wordnik.com. [Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter] Reference
Percie, the son and heir, has more of the sot than of the gamekeeper, bully, horse-jockey, or fool. From Wordnik.com. [Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North] Reference
A gamekeeper recently admitted that for 30 years he's been producing foxes and pheasants for the hunt. From Wordnik.com. [Fox Evil]
"Books!" said the confidential clerk, with the smile of a gamekeeper displaying his hand-reared pheasants. From Wordnik.com. [The Ghost Ship] Reference
The owner of a hunting lodge in Scotland presented his gamekeeper with a fur cap, of the sort having ear flaps. From Wordnik.com. [Jokes For All Occasions Selected and Edited by One of America's Foremost Public Speakers] Reference
Huw Tegid had used to work with his grandfather's gamekeeper and was quite possibly the gamekeeper himself now. From Wordnik.com. [Truly]
Had the gamekeeper come to, tried to struggle up, fainted, fallen back, perished for want of a little assistance?. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Jolliffe's Boys] Reference
At about that time, ten miles away in lonely woodland, a gamekeeper came across what was left of Angela Brickell. From Wordnik.com. [Longshot]
My precious Thornie is more of the bully -- John, who sleeps whole weeks among the hills, has most of the gamekeeper. From Wordnik.com. [Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North] Reference
This led the gamekeeper, who had broken many a dog as obstinate as a pig, to think he might also manage to break a pig. From Wordnik.com. [Anecdotes of Animals] Reference
"While crossing a field near Berwick a gamekeeper noticed a dear coming in his direction and he took cover in a hayrick.". From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-09-08] Reference
The gamekeeper stated that there were about six thousand of these brilliantly coloured birds on the preserve at that time. From Wordnik.com. [The Bird Study Book] Reference
As he hurried away to the public-house, white with ire, he met his gamekeeper coming in with a bucketful of fish fresh caught. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 103, May, 1866] Reference
Willy, "do they not do a great deal of harm to young partridges and pheasants, and of course the gamekeeper will not stand that?". From Wordnik.com. [Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children] Reference
Then he hesitated, finger on trigger, for the lion in his path was no burly gamekeeper, as, for the first moment, he had supposed. From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Far End] Reference
They had wafted through trees, wailing horribly whenever they had spotted a gamekeeper, it had all been Geraint's idea, of course. From Wordnik.com. [Truly]
He gave Edward a young gamekeeper to carry his pack and to be his attendant, so that he might make the journey with fitting dignity. From Wordnik.com. [Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North] Reference
On her arrival at Hernshaw Castle she cast her eyes round to see what there was to fall in love with; and observed the gamekeeper, Tom. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 103, May, 1866] Reference
A few days after this vision a letter came, saying that her father (a Scotch gamekeeper) had been thrown from a dog-cart and nearly killed. From Wordnik.com. [Real Ghost Stories] Reference
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