Quailgate

English

Etymology

quail +‎ -gate

Proper noun

Quailgate

  1. (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.
    • 2006, The Economist (volume 378, page 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.
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