snipe hunt

The process is very similar to the "snipe hunt."

He wanted to continue on this snipe hunt, and I think we ought to turn around and go home.

I had driven across the country on a snipe hunt.

A snipe hunt is a joke on somebody, most likely some city cousin.

The snipe hunt will continue until the apprentice gives up, catches on or runs out of people/places to search.

"Called 'em off on a snipe hunt," was the succinct answer.

"And I've got to be up there behind the bar when that merry mob you've been leading comes in from this latest snipe hunt."

A local newspaper called the affair a "snipe hunt" and canard.

But at one camp, when Robin was feeling particularly bored, she took Chris on a snipe hunt.

"Are you sure the Ryxx are in on this snipe hunt?"