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badger baiting

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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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First Known Use of badger baiting

1790, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of badger baiting was in 1790

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“Badger baiting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/badger%20baiting. Accessed 14 Aug. 2022.

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