happy hunting ground

English

Noun

happy hunting ground (plural happy hunting grounds)

  1. A Native American idea of the afterlife, conceived of as a paradise in which hunting is plentiful and game unlimited.
    • 1944 July and August, “London Railway Stations in 1893”, in Railway Magazine, page 201, taken from The English Illustrated Magazine of June 1893:
      Victoria is not a happy hunting ground for the seeker after the picturesque.

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