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tuft-hunting

tuft-hunting is the alternative form of tufthunting.

Meaning of tufthunting

Noun

tufthunting (uncountable)

  1. (UK, archaic, slang) The practice of seeking after, and hanging on, noblemen, or other esteemed people, especially in English universities.

Questions about tuft-hunting

What is tuft-hunting the alternative form of?
Tuft-hunting is the alternative form of tufthunting.

Words near tuft-hunting in the dictionary

  1. tufons
  2. TUFROC
  3. tuft
  4. tuft-hunter
  5. tuft-hunters
  6. tuft-hunting
  7. tuft-taffeta
  8. tuft-taffetas
  9. tuftaffeta
  10. tuftaffetas
  11. Tufte

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tuft-hunting (page history and authors); tufthunting (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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