snipe hunt


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an elaborate practical joke in which the unsuspecting victim hunts a snipe and is typically left in the dark holding a bag and waiting for the snipe to run into it

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"This seems a lot like a snipe hunt," his hunting buddy commented, "except instead of holding a bag, I'm hiding behind a board."
Pheasants in the snow: late-season hunts for ringnecks in the cold, wind and white stuff
Times change, and today's "snipe hunt" is a far cry from snipe hunting a century or more ago.
Will the real snipe please stand up? Known for its musical tail, the elusive, yet very real bird continues to be widely unknown
And right about then, it seemed like someone had sent the new guy on a snipe hunt.
After running in darkness, he sees light
Why demand that, in addition, directors embark on a snipe hunt to round up votes for uncontested elections?
A snipe hunt: that's what directors of smaller firms are doomed to if the broker vote is eliminated
Staged fights between a dog and a "badger" were more akin to the proverbial snipe hunt than to blood sport.
Faux real: dog and badger fighting during spring training in the Deadball Era
Call it a snipe hunt. Today's sniper is the hunter and the prey.
On today's battlefield, sniper is hunter and hunted
Who dropped Afghanistan from the headlines at the first whiff of this Iraqi snipe hunt? The United States press corps, that's who."
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