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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—H

Huntingdon

(called by the Saxons Huntantun, and in Doomsday Hunter's dune) appears to have derived its name from its situation in a tract of country which was anciently an extensive forest abounding with deer, and well suited for the purposes of the chase.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
Huntingdon Sturgeon
Hunting two Hares
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