field sports
- sports carried on in the open countryside, such as hunting, shooting, or fishing
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Historical Examples of field sports
Thus, field-sports are not altogether confined to gentlemen.
Though the field-sports were over, the fiesta of San Juan was not yet ended.
The White ChiefMayne Reid
Politics did not interest him, nor literature, nor field-sports.
What Will He Do With It, CompleteEdward Bulwer-Lytton
He was a passionate admirer of field-sports, which we often pursued together.
The Lady of the LakeSir Walter Scott
The Roman nobles did not care for field-sports as the northern nations did.
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