hunting case
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Clayton Stoner reportedly intends to plead guilty in an illegal grizzly bear hunting case near the British Columbia coast.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2015
What sort of watch was yours, domestic or foreign, stemwinder or keyed, open face or hunting case, gold, silver, or nickel case?
From The Hilltop Boys on the River by Cyril Burleigh
His gold watch has a hunting case; when he has examined it, it shuts again with a fine rich snap, which we can hear even above the noise of the car.
From Pipefuls by Christopher Morley
“Now gentlemen, what ‘moffered f’this first-class M. I. Tobias gold English lever watch—full jeweled, compensation-balance, anchor-escapement, hunting case?
From The Humbugs of the World An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages by P. T. (Phineas Taylor) Barnum
It was told of him that he considered but one symptom, and this he discovered with his hand on the patient's pulse and his eyes on a big loud-ticking watch in a hunting case.
From The Romance of a Plain Man by Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow
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