"haunting ground" = stomping ground

[George Thompson]

> > > Rick Sanchez of CNN, who seems alive, has just alluded - twice - to
> > > his "old
> > > haunting grounds in South Florida."  (JL)
> > >

> > Somehow looks more like a blend of _stamping_ and _hunting_.
> > AM (Alison Murie )
> >

> Mightn't it be related to "haunts," as in "his old haunts?"  (Kari Castor)
>

Or "haunt" as a verb, meaning to frequent?  When I was in college, I used to haunt that bar.

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George A. Thompson
Author of A Documentary History of "The African Theatre", Northwestern Univ. Pr., 1998, but nothing much lately.

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