Catchword: slow elk

Filed under: English, Animals, Insects, & Birds

Part of speech: n.

Quotation: Someone else mentioned an unprincipled captain back in the lean ’30s who was said to have sent a task force armed with shotguns ashore at rural stretches on dark nights to hunt “slow elk.” If successful, the men returned bowed under the weight of beef steaks and roasts.

Article or Document Title:
“Tow and tell with Capt. Pete”

Author:
A.A. Dornfeld

Article, document, publication, web site:
Chicago Tribune

Dateline:
Ill.

Date of publication:
May 20, 1979

Page number:
41

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