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One who steals or illicitly takes a deer, especially in England in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries..
30. I. [The Same] to Att. Gen. Coventry. Two under keepers of Lord Denney, deerstealers, committed by him to Chelmsford gaol, have escaped […]
À propos of the bloodhounds, a good story is told of how they were hunting some deerstealers, and how they came to a check at some cottages by three cross roads — possibly the Robin Hood at the top of Marchington Cliff. […] the deerstealers escaped.
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Deerstealer means One who steals or illicitly takes a deer, especially in England in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries..
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30. I. [The Same] to Att. Gen. Coventry. Two under keepers of Lord Denney, deerstealers, committed by him to Chelmsford gaol, have escaped […]
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