hunting ground

English edit

hunting ground (plural hunting grounds)

An area used for hunting.
(figurative) A place where people can find what they are looking for.
- 1946, Milton “Mezz” Mezzrow, Bernard Wolfe, “Tell a Green Man Something”, in Really the Blues, New York, N.Y.: Random House, book 3 (1928–1935: The Big Apple), page 209:
  Yes, it was my hunting ground, and it was solid happy. Course, my home wasn't exactly in Harlem […]
(figurative) Synonym of stamping ground (“a place habitually frequented”)
- 2023, Jeff Jones, Stars and Scars: The Story of Jewish Boxing in London:
  In January 1901 he fought Jerry Driscoll back on his old hunting ground of Gateshead in the North East.

area for hunting

place to find what one is looking for