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Definition of Pothunters
1. pothunter [n] - See also: pothunter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pothunters
Literary usage of Pothunters
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Archeological Explorations in Northeastern Arizona by Alfred Vincent Kidder, Samuel James Guernsey (1919)
"Unfortunately the pothunters of the nineties did extensive digging at this site.
They completely trenched over a zone of burials that once extended all ..."
2. The Magazine of History with Notes and Queries (1909)
"Up to that time they had been the prey of pothunters who dug into the mounds and
tore down ruins in the hope of finding specimens which they could sell. ..."
3. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1903)
"pothunters. Wodehouse, PG t$i-SO. Macmillan. Potter, Beatrix. Tale of Peter Rabbit.
'02 (N22) S. 50 c. Warne. Potter, H : С. The citizen in his rel. to the ..."
4. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1874)
"... for sportsmen, pothunters, and every variety of the genus homo, in search of
ducks and a" good time generally," that we fear its days are numbered. ..."
5. Annual Report by New York Zoological Society, Tennyson Society (1897)
"... few pothunters, and it is a satisfaction to know that the majority of the
farmers appreciate the services of the most of our birds, and do not shoot ..."
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