happy hunting ground
English
Noun
happy hunting ground (plural happy hunting grounds)
- 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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Translations
Native American idea of the afterlife
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