shooting-party

This wasn't Russia; it was a civilised shooting-party in Scotland.

Fiancée 2010

‘Clever!’ said Ladywell — the young man who had been one of the shooting-party at Sandbourne — ‘they are marvellously brilliant.’

The Hand of Ethelberta 2006

This wasn't Russia; it was a civilised shooting-party in Scotland.

Flashman In The Great Game Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1975

This wasn't Russia; it was a civilised shooting-party in Scotland.

Flashman In The Great Game Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1975

It was true that all fell to the pilot's gun, perhaps owing to Hans 'filial instinct and his parent's canny egotism in choosing his own lair, or perhaps it was chance; but the shooting-party was none the less a triumphal success.

The Riddle of the Sands Childers, Erskine, 1870-1922 1955

Fenton had been obliged to hurry north to fulfil an unexpected concert engagement; and on the same day Barry left home to join a shooting-party in Scotland.

The Moon out of Reach Margaret Pedler

And while those showy costumes -- even in so trifling a matter as the attendance on a shooting-party -- exhibited the taste of the people in those matters, why should the Englishman exhibit his own, in dingy shooting-jackets and soiled trousers?

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. Various

The gentleman is merely an inexperienced "gun" at a shooting-party, who has begun following his bird before it has risen above the head of his loader.

Perfect Behavior; a guide for ladies and gentlemen in all social crises Donald Ogden Stewart 1937

After breakfast, he walked with the duchess for an hour in the garden and then drove across the park to join the shooting-party.

The Picture of Dorian Gray 1931

The gentleman is merely an inexperienced "gun" at a shooting-party, who has begun following his bird before it has risen above the head of his loader.

Perfect Behavior 1922