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词汇 snipe shooting
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Definition of snipe shooting in English:

snipe shooting

noun
mass nounAustralian euphemistic, historical

  • (in white usage) the practice of hunting and killing Aboriginal people with guns.

    women and children were completely unprotected from settlers who chose to go out and do a bit of snipe shooting
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Shooting aboriginals became sport—"snipe-shooting" they called it, and hungry aboriginals were poisoned like rats.
    • Private persons go out to kill blacks and call it 'snipe- shooting'.
    • The indigenous population was so reduced by disease, malnutrition, and human 'snipe-shooting parties'.
    • Some whites regarded 'snipe shooting' as a 'Sunday' sport.
    • "Snipe-shooting parties", whose real game was Aborigines, were common.
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