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Definition of Sportsmen
1. sportsman [n] - See also: sportsman
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sportsmen
Literary usage of Sportsmen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of English Thought in the Eighteenth Century by William Randolph Hearst (1851)
"sportsmen AND CUSTOM. There are unquestionably many amiable men among sportsmen,
who, as the phrase is, would not " hurt a fly,"—that is to say, ..."
2. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1834)
"Forgive us then, ve erudite sportsmen, if we are somewhat incredulous respecting
your sage maxims, and philosophic rules. It was with spliced ash or hazel ..."
3. The Birds of Jamaica: Being a History of the Bird, Its Structure, and Habits by Philip Henry Gosse, Alfred Edmund Brehm, Richard Hill (1874)
"sportsmen AND BIRDS. " With slaughtering gun the unwearied fowler roves, When
frosts have ... With what intense delight have I accompanied sportsmen, ..."
4. Sporting Adventures in the Far West by John Mortimer Murphy (1879)
"CHAPTER I. HINTS TO sportsmen. Hints to sportsmen—Best game regions of the United
States—Profusion of animal life—Advantages of the Far West as a hunting ..."
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