Small game

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Small animals and birds that are hunted and killed, either by hunters or predators. uncountable
  2. 2
    small animals hunted for sport or food. wordnet
  3. 3
    Small vermin. euphemistic, uncountable

    "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."

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"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."

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