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hook-and-bullet

hook-and-bullet adjective: relating to, or characteristic of, the outdoor pursuits of fishing and hunting.

Adjective

hook-and-bullet (not comparable)

  1. Relating to, or characteristic of, the outdoor pursuits of fishing and hunting.
    • Arnett has always been a hook and bullet boy — safari hunter, duck hunter, National Rifle Association member, founder and chairman of the Wildlife Legislative Fund of America and its companion Wildlife Conservation Fund of America.1981, The Living Wilderness, volume 45, page 12
    • In northern Michigan, on the blue water and in the green woods and under the expert tutelage of a hook-and-bullet, uphill-tramping outdoor dad, he found his center of perceptual gravity, his continuity with nature […]1992, John G. Mitchell, Robert J. Mitchell, Dispatches from the Deep Woods, page 132

Questions about hook-and-bullet

What does hook-and-bullet mean?
Hook-and-bullet means relating to, or characteristic of, the outdoor pursuits of fishing and hunting.
What part of speech is hook-and-bullet?
Hook-and-bullet is an adjective.

Words near hook-and-bullet in the dictionary

  1. hook wrench
  2. hook wrenches
  3. hook, line and sinker
  4. hook-a-duck
  5. Hook-a-Gate
  6. hook-and-bullet
  7. hook-and-liner
  8. hook-and-liners
  9. hook-and-loop
  10. hook-and-loop fastener
  11. hook-and-loop fasteners

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