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stamping ground en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (figuratively) A habitually frequented place; a haunt or hangout.
   • Only once was Judge Taylor ever seen at a dead standstill in open court, and the Cunninghams stopped him. Old Sarum, their stamping grounds, was populated by two families separate and apart in the beginning, but unfortunately bearing the same name. 1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC:
   • In their stamping grounds in the jungle the three were familiar figures. The little monkeys knew them well, often coming close to chatter and frolic about them. 1915 December 4 – 1916 January 8, Edgar Rice Burroughs, chapter X, in The Son of Tarzan, Chicago, Ill.: A[lexander] C[aldwell] McClurg & Co., published March 1917, →OCLC:
   • Em and Mat keep the corridor without their room beautifully clean, and so it has become an especial favourite stamping ground for these vagrants. 1890, William Booth, In Darkest England and the Way Out:
   • Had I been out on the adventure-path, I should as a matter of course have been drinking. For that is the pity of the adventure-path, which is one of John Barleycorn's favourite stamping grounds. 1913 August, Jack London, chapter XXIII, in John Barleycorn, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC:

Forms

Coordinates

hunting ground

Synonyms

stomping ground

Translations (21)

pt lugar predileto (place one likes to go) · de Lieblingsplatz (place one likes to go) · da hjemmebane (place one likes to go) · nl vaste stek (place one likes to go) · fi lempipaikka (place one likes to go) · de Tummelplatz (place one likes to go) · cmn 愛去的地方 /爱去的地方 (place one likes to go) · ja たまり場 (place one likes to go) · vi chỗ hay lui tới (place one likes to go) · mi kainga waewae (place one likes to go) · de Lieblingsort (place one likes to go) · ru излю́бленное ме́сто (place one likes to go) · hu kedvenc tartózkodási hely (place one likes to go) · sv favorittillhåll (place one likes to go) · de Lieblingsaufenthalt (place one likes to go) · fr terrain favori (place one likes to go) · it ritrovo (place one likes to go) · nl geliefkoosde plaats (place one likes to go) · es lugar preferido (place one likes to go) · de Lieblingsstelle (place one likes to go) · it terreno battuto (place one likes to go)