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Examples
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Battledore and shuttlecock and hunt-the-slipper have also their attractions.
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It is not of dumb-crambo, however, nor of hunt-the-slipper (a dreadful game), nor of "bump" (a worse game) that I wish to speak, but of that which befell after.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-05-12 Various 1898
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During this game of hunt-the-slipper, Warburton had made some minor discoveries on his own account.
The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888 Ernest Favenc 1876
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One will find a dainty morsel and offer it to his next neighbor, who passes it on -- hunt-the-slipper fashion -- until some one makes up his mind to eat it, or returns it to its original owner.
Citizen Bird Scenes from Bird-Life in Plain English for Beginners Elliott Coues 1870
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Battledore and shuttlecock and hunt-the-slipper have also their attractions.
The Last Chronicle of Barset Anthony Trollope 1848
hernesheir commented on the word hunt-the-slipper
"A common sport among young people." --Dr. Jamieson's Scottish Dictionary and Supplement, 1841.
May 23, 2011