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Webster 1913 Edition
Tufthunting
Tuft′huntˊing
,Noun.
 The practice of seeking after, and hanging on, noblemen, or persons of quality, especially in English universities. 
[Cant, Eng.] 
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tufthunting
tufthunting
English
Noun
tufthunting (uncountable)
- (Britain, slang, archaic) The practice of seeking after, and hanging on, noblemen, or persons of quality, especially in English universities.