happy hunting ground
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.31 in modern English
34
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A Native American idea of the afterlife, conceived of as a paradise in which hunting is plentiful and game unlimited.
noun
Example Sentences
- "“Hawk-eye! my fathers call me to the happy hunting-grounds. The path is clear, and the eyes of Mohegan grow young.[…]”"
- "Nevava, the great Ute chief of the White River tribes, had passed into the Happy Hunting Grounds and his sons each claimed the inheritance of ruler."
- "Had he killed me on the battlefield my spirit would have at once joined my brothers in the happy hunting grounds, but being killed by a coward, my spirit is doomed to roam until I can find some brave man who will kill this coward and bring me his scalp."
- "Mr Johnson is proud that London will soon be free of these buses. Conservative Home, a website, quotes him as saying at a fringe meeting at the Conservative conference on Monday night, that: “The last breeding pair of bendy buses will be despatched this year to the happy hunting ground of some Scandinavian airport.”"
- "Most of the Americans who had used up their credit at home and those whose incomes were insufficient for their wants, immediately migrated to these happy hunting grounds, where life was inexpensive and credit unlimited."
- "Victoria is not a happy hunting ground for the seeker after the picturesque."