Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In fox-hunting, the money formerly collected for the huntsman on the death of the fox.

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  • "reliquias Danaum," to prove or disprove this assertion, Tom Hills, having an eye to the cap-money, ventures to give it as his opinion, that pug has fairly yielded to his invincible pursuers, without having

    Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities Robert Smith Surtees 1833

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