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hunt's-up definition

hunt's-up (hunts up′)

noun

a rousing tune played on a hunting horn to get the hunters out

Etymology: contr. < the hunt is up (i.e., the hunt is starting)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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