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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The formerly popular sport of setting dogs to attack a chained bull and especially to seize it by the nose.

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  • noun An old blood sport involving the baiting of bulls.

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Examples

  • Yet bullbaiting had a culinary application as well.

    The Foie Gras Wars Mark Caro 2009

  • Yet bullbaiting had a culinary application as well.

    The Foie Gras Wars Mark Caro 2009

  • One of the several RSPCA members and supporters in Parliament, a Quaker named Pease, managed to introduce the first effective bill to outlaw these blood sports, specifically naming bullbaiting and dogfighting.

    The Pawprints of History STANLEY COREN 2002

  • For example, in bullbaiting, dogs were placed in a pit to fight a tethered bull.

    The Pawprints of History STANLEY COREN 2002

  • For example, in bullbaiting, dogs were placed in a pit to fight a tethered bull.

    The Pawprints of History STANLEY COREN 2002

  • One of the several RSPCA members and supporters in Parliament, a Quaker named Pease, managed to introduce the first effective bill to outlaw these blood sports, specifically naming bullbaiting and dogfighting.

    The Pawprints of History STANLEY COREN 2002

  • One of the several RSPCA members and supporters in Parliament, a Quaker named Pease, managed to introduce the first effective bill to outlaw these blood sports, specifically naming bullbaiting and dogfighting.

    The Pawprints of History STANLEY COREN 2002

  • One of the several RSPCA members and supporters in Parliament, a Quaker named Pease, managed to introduce the first effective bill to outlaw these blood sports, specifically naming bullbaiting and dogfighting.

    The Pawprints of History STANLEY COREN 2002

  • For example, in bullbaiting, dogs were placed in a pit to fight a tethered bull.

    The Pawprints of History STANLEY COREN 2002

  • For example, in bullbaiting, dogs were placed in a pit to fight a tethered bull.

    The Pawprints of History STANLEY COREN 2002

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