trapper

Example Sentences

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But back in 1831, he found himself rather hard up in L.A., and took work as a shipbuilder and trapper.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2024

Efforts by animal activists to get allegations concerning a longtime coyote trapper in Torrance before L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2024

Mr. Fitzsimons, a recreational trapper, was also carrying a six-foot-long unstrung archery bow and a fur pelt draped across his neck.

From New York Times • Jul. 13, 2023

If the American trapper is an endangered species, I say: Good riddance.

From Washington Post • Apr. 7, 2023

At one end a trapper skinned his raccoons and at the other Florence scraped dirt from a mound of sweet potatoes.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead