Quailgate

English

proper noun
Definitions
  • (US) The 2006 controversy over the accidental shooting of Harry Whittington, a 78-year-old Texas attorney, by U.S. Vice President , while participating in a quail hunt on a ranch in Riviera, Texas.

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Suffix from English quail.

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English

quail

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