单词 | pigsticking |
例句 | While most young officers looked forward with keen anticipation to military life in India—polo, pigsticking and a host of servants—Churchill increasingly saw it as a political backwater he must avoid. Winston Churchill, war correspondent: His early military years shaped his political ambitions 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z It was all very well; but I was very envious when the regiment came here and you wrote and told me of the pigsticking you were getting. The Jungle Girl On such occasions there was fine pigsticking, and then the atmosphere in the caves would be made fascinating with the odor of roasting suckling. The Story of Ab A Tale of the Time of the Cave Man Great nerve, considerable skill, and first-rate horsemanship are required for the sport of pigsticking. In Times of Peril For he and his companion were going as the guests of the Maharajah of Mandha for a day's pigsticking, as hunting the wild boar is termed in India. The Jungle Girl The only distractions it offered besides the shooting and pigsticking were two tennis afternoons weekly, one at the Residency, the other at the Mess. The Jungle Girl I haven't forgotten," he replied; "but I was not able to arrange it, as the Maharajah had pigsticking meets fixed up for all our free days. The Jungle Girl Yes; he arranges his shoots and the pigsticking meets for days on which the officers of the regiment are free to go out with him. The Jungle Girl In pigsticking only well-grown boars are pursued, sows and immature boars being unmolested. The Jungle Girl |
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