variants:
or badger drawing
Definition of badger baiting
: the former sport of setting dogs to pull a badger from an artificially made hole or from a barrel or box
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“Badger baiting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/badger%20baiting. Accessed 7 May. 2021.
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The first known use of badger baiting was in 1790
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