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Mr. Gingrich, though, is actively planning a run for the White House in 2012 -- no, seriously -- and he knows he has to get past the reach of the AM radio spectrum to have a chance to compete with Joe the Plumber and whatshername, the moose-hunter from Alaska ....
Had Enough? 2009
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Also, the moose-hunter had been an exceptionally long-legged individual.
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Earlier in the winter some moose-hunter had made a trail up the canyon -- that is, in going up and down he had stepped always in his previous tracks.
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Toward midnight our would-be moose-hunter paddled about up and down, seeking them and finding not.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862 Various
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Bezkya, the son of my old patient, came well recommended as a good man and a moose-hunter.
The Arctic Prairies : a Canoe-Journey of 2,000 Miles in Search of the Caribou; Being the Account of a Voyage to the Region North of Aylemer Lake Ernest Thompson Seton 1903
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A man may be a good hunter, i.e., an all-round trapper and woodman, but not a moose-hunter.
The Arctic Prairies : a Canoe-Journey of 2,000 Miles in Search of the Caribou; Being the Account of a Voyage to the Region North of Aylemer Lake Ernest Thompson Seton 1903
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Just as a man is, or is not, an Oxford M.A. The force, then, of the phrase appears, and we were content to learn that young Bezkya, besides knowing the Buffalo country, was also a good man and a moose-hunter.
The Arctic Prairies : a Canoe-Journey of 2,000 Miles in Search of the Caribou; Being the Account of a Voyage to the Region North of Aylemer Lake Ernest Thompson Seton 1903
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The phrase is not usually qualified; he is, or is not, a moose-hunter.
The Arctic Prairies : a Canoe-Journey of 2,000 Miles in Search of the Caribou; Being the Account of a Voyage to the Region North of Aylemer Lake Ernest Thompson Seton 1903
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What a comfortable feeling it was to remember that Bezkya was a moose-hunter!
The Arctic Prairies : a Canoe-Journey of 2,000 Miles in Search of the Caribou; Being the Account of a Voyage to the Region North of Aylemer Lake Ernest Thompson Seton 1903
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It was not yet yarding-time, for the snow was still only about four inches deep, making it just right for the moose-hunter who is at the same time a sportsman.
The Junior Classics — Volume 8 Animal and Nature Stories William Patten 1902
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