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snipe hunt
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snipe hunt
n.
1. An elaborate practical joke in which an unsuspecting person takes part in a bogus hunt for a snipe, typically being left alone in the dark with instructions not to move until the snipe appears.
2. A futile search or endeavor.
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Noun1.snipe hunt - an elaborate practical joke in which the unsuspecting victim hunts a snipe and is typically left in the dark holding a bag and waiting for the snipe to run into it; "in the South a snipe hunt is practically a rite of passage"
practical joke - a prank or trick played on a person (especially one intended to make the victim appear foolish)
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In more recent years, the young lad or lass just starting might be sent to the stores for a box of straight hooks, a shilling's worth of elbow grease or a tin of striped paint.
Kilcommons column by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
It was this guitar body that first received the distinctive and soon-to-be-iconic striped paint job; Van Halen sprayed it with black and white Schwinn[R] acrylic lacquer bicycle paint.
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The new apprentice would be sent for a packet of left-handed screws or a tin of blue and white striped paint.
Bullies deserve the boot! by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
 
 
 
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