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Quailgate
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English
Dick Cheney hunting incident
Etymology
From en quail gate.
Proper noun
en US informal The 2006 controversy over the accidental shooting of Harry Whittington, a 78-year-old Texas attorney, by U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, while participating in a quail hunt on a ranch in Riviera, Texas.
en 2006 The Economist 378 34 The squall over Mr Cheney's behaviour in Quailgate will probably die down, providing Mr Whittington survives. But the debate over hunting will go on growing.