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The dreadful word "vulpecide" was heard from various lips with an oath or two before it.
The American Senator Anthony Trollope 1848
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The park so unceremoniously entered belonged to a baronet, who, though he hunted little himself, honored the sport and scorned a vulpecide, he came out naturally and begged them to lunch.
Under Two Flags 1839-1908 Ouida 1873
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It is allowable to shoot hogs in some hilly parts of India where riding is out of the question, otherwise the shooting of a boar in riding country is deservedly looked upon as the crime of vulpecide would be in Leicestershire -- a thing not to be spoken of.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870
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“vulpecide” was heard from various lips with an oath or two before it.
The American Senator 2004
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