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scavenger hunt

noun

  1. a game in which individuals or teams are sent out to accumulate, without purchasing, a series of common, outlandish, or humorous objects, the winner being the person or team returning first with all the items.



scavenger hunt

noun

  1. a game in which players are required to collect an assortment of miscellaneous items: usually played outdoors

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of scavenger hunt1

An Americanism dating back to 1935–40
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“It’s gonna be a scavenger hunt to get this done. We’re gonna use any material we can find,” she said.

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The consequence was an opinion that refused to allow justice to be a scavenger hunt and courts to function as paper-collecting machines.

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At the Ojai Valley Inn’s “night camp,” for instance, you can sign the children up for a scavenger hunt followed by dinner, a movie and s’mores.

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“Like most things in the city, we have divided them into silos, and people who come through our doors saying ‘I need help’ are then given a scavenger hunt to perform,” Hale said.

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I wore them the following week for a friend’s birthday scavenger hunt through the West Village, pushing my 1-year-old daughter at a clip as we raced for clues.

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