"haunting ground" = stomping ground

[Alison Murie]

On Aug 10, 2009, at 3:39 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:

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> Not in OED, though Google Books turns up a number back to the 19th C.
> in contexts of actual hauntings.
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> Rick Sanchez of CNN, who seems alive, has just alluded - twice - to
> his "old
> haunting grounds in South Florida."
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> JL
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Somehow looks more like a blend of _stamping_ and _hunting_.
AM

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