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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The period during which it is legal to hunt or catch certain game or fish.
- noun Informal A time of unrestrained activity, often criticism or harassment.
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- noun hunting A period of time during the calendar year when
authorities within ajurisdiction permit theunrestricted hunting of one or more kinds of animalwildlife . - noun idiomatic A situation in which someone is
endangered ,blamed ,harassed , oropposed in asustained manner by a number of others; a situation in which something is endangered or otherwise opposed. - noun idiomatic A situation in which or period of time during which some
activity orcircumstance routinely occurs.
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