small game

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small game

noun

  1. uncountable Small animals and birds that are hunted and killed, either by hunters or predators.
  2. euphemistic, uncountable Small vermin. May be it is like that medicine a fellow rung in on poor lawyer Mac Campbell, to kill fleas, bed bugs, and all sich^([sic]) small game; and made the lawyer believe it was so heavy that three ounces weighed a pound.

Opposite: big game

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@misc{small_game_2026,
  title = {small game},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/small%20game},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}