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Categories: Tall tales, American legendary creatures, In-jokes, Practical jokes, Fictional activities

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An elaborate practical joke in which the unsuspecting victim hunts a snipe and is typically left in the dark holding a bag and waiting for the snipe to run into it WordNet 3.0

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An elaborate practical joke in which the unsuspecting victim hunts a snipe and is typically left in the dark holding a bag and waiting for the snipe to run into it WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

A snipe hunt is a type of practical joke or fool's errand, in existence in North America as early as the 1840s, in which an unsuspecting newcomer is duped into trying to catch an elusive, nonexistent animal called a snipe. Wikipedia

A class of practical jokes Wikipedia Disambiguation

Practical joke in which an unwitting victim is sent in pursuit of something that doesn't exist Wikidata

A prank in which a gullible victim is sent off on a fruitless search for a nonexistent item. Wiktionary

Prank. Wiktionary (translation)

In the South a snipe hunt is practically a rite of passage WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

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