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small game

small game noun: small animals and birds that are hunted and killed, either by hunters or predators.

Noun

small game (uncountable)

  1. Small animals and birds that are hunted and killed, either by hunters or predators.
  2. (euphemistic) Small vermin.
    • May be it is like that medicine a fellow rung in on poor lawyer Mac Campbell, to kill fleas, bed bugs, and all sich^([sic]) small game; and made the lawyer believe it was so heavy that three ounces weighed a pound.1841, The New Sporting Magazine, page 9
    • Smells, bad drainage, impure water, unhealthiness of situation, dampness, the absence of advantages mentioned, the presence of small game […]1875, J. H. Riddell, The Uninhabited House

Antonyms of small game

Questions about small game

What does small game mean?
Small game means small animals and birds that are hunted and killed, either by hunters or predators.
What part of speech is small game?
Small game is a noun.

Words near small game in the dictionary

  1. small fortunes
  2. small forward
  3. small forwards
  4. small fries
  5. small fry
  6. small game
  7. small goods
  8. small gross
  9. small hand
  10. small hat
  11. small hats

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