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Search phrase: stalking-horse

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As You Like ItAYL V.iv.103He uses his folly like a stalking-horse, and under theHe vses his folly like a stalking-horse, and vnder the

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stale[falconry] decoy, lure, stalking-horse
stalkmove stealthily in concealment [as by using a stalking-horse to catch game]
stalking-horsehorse behind which a hunter hides, to stalk game

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stalking-horsestale

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