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View synonyms for stamping ground

stamping ground

or stomping ground

noun

  1. a habitual or favorite haunt.


stamping ground

noun

  1. a habitual or favourite meeting or gathering place
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Word History and Origins

Origin of stamping ground1

First recorded in 1780–90
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Idioms and Phrases

Also, old stamping ground . A habitual or favorite haunt, as in Whenever we visit, we go back to our old stamping ground, the drugstore nearest the high school . This term alludes to a traditional gathering place for horses or cattle, which stamp down the ground with their hooves. [Early 1800s]
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Example Sentences

He sold out to Senator Swink and others and moved on to Chicago, his early stamping ground.

Longing to see you again and the dear old stamping-ground at Heavy Tree.

Reaching the stamping-ground, my boy, I beheld a scene at once unique and impressive.

The Diablerets are the very stamping-ground of dwarfs, gnomes, and dragons.

A lost soul in every sense of the word, the North was to him a refuge and an unrestricted stamping-ground.

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