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Search party   /sərtʃ pˈɑrti/   Listen
Search party

noun
1.
A party of people to search for someone.






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"Search party" Quotes from Famous Books



... the porter (whose name was Sabaki), after recovering the water-bottle, found himself unable to trace us through the jungle and accordingly struck home for camp. On his way back he actually stumbled over the dead body of the eland which I had shot the previous day and which the search party I had sent out in the morning had failed to find. They were still looking for it close at hand, however, so Sabaki hailed them and they at once set to work to skin and cut up the animal, and then ...
— The Man-eaters of Tsavo and Other East African Adventures • J. H. Patterson

... Oliver—he tiptoed back and hid in his own closet—wondering mildly how he was going to explain his presence there if a search party opened the door. He heard a chorus of voices calling him from below, first warningly, then impatiently—heard Peter bounce up the stairs and yell "Ollie! Ollie, you slacker!" into his own room—and then finally the last motor slurred away and he was able ...
— Young People's Pride • Stephen Vincent Benet



Words linked to "Search party" :   party, company



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