"haunting ground" = stomping ground

[Kari Castor]

Mightn't it be related to "haunts," as in "his old haunts?"


On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 4:36 PM, Alison Murie <sagehen7470 at att.net> 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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> Somehow looks more like a blend of _stamping_ and _hunting_.
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