Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The formerly popular sport of setting dogs to attack a chained bull and especially to seize it by the nose.
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- noun An old
blood sport involving thebaiting ofbulls .
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Examples
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Yet bullbaiting had a culinary application as well.
The Foie Gras Wars Mark Caro 2009
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Yet bullbaiting had a culinary application as well.
The Foie Gras Wars Mark Caro 2009
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One of the several RSPCA members and supporters in Parliament, a Quaker named Pease, managed to introduce the first effective bill to outlaw these blood sports, specifically naming bullbaiting and dogfighting.
The Pawprints of History STANLEY COREN 2002
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For example, in bullbaiting, dogs were placed in a pit to fight a tethered bull.
The Pawprints of History STANLEY COREN 2002
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For example, in bullbaiting, dogs were placed in a pit to fight a tethered bull.
The Pawprints of History STANLEY COREN 2002
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One of the several RSPCA members and supporters in Parliament, a Quaker named Pease, managed to introduce the first effective bill to outlaw these blood sports, specifically naming bullbaiting and dogfighting.
The Pawprints of History STANLEY COREN 2002
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One of the several RSPCA members and supporters in Parliament, a Quaker named Pease, managed to introduce the first effective bill to outlaw these blood sports, specifically naming bullbaiting and dogfighting.
The Pawprints of History STANLEY COREN 2002
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One of the several RSPCA members and supporters in Parliament, a Quaker named Pease, managed to introduce the first effective bill to outlaw these blood sports, specifically naming bullbaiting and dogfighting.
The Pawprints of History STANLEY COREN 2002
-
For example, in bullbaiting, dogs were placed in a pit to fight a tethered bull.
The Pawprints of History STANLEY COREN 2002
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For example, in bullbaiting, dogs were placed in a pit to fight a tethered bull.
The Pawprints of History STANLEY COREN 2002
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