What is "nimrods"

Usage examples of "nimrods".

Some of those who have borne great names as Nimrods in our hunting annals would as life have led a forlornhope as put a horse at a flight of hurdles.

In the life and habits of parsons and ladies there is much that is antagonistic to hunting, and they who suppress this antagonism do so because they are Nimrods at heart.

It will, of course, be understood that, as to both these samples of female Nimrods, I speak of ladies who really ride, not of those who grace the coverts with, and disappear under the auspices of, their papas or their grooms when the work begins.

There have remained some few great Nimrods who have chosen to be magnanimous and to pay for everything, despising the contributions of their followers.