wolf trap
Example Sentences
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Schriever said Thursday that no grizzlies have so far been caught in a wolf trap.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 6, 2022
His purchases: one wolf trap; one wolfhound; two accordions; one well-preserved Egyptian mummy; one plaster bust of Julius Caesar; five tombstones; 100 quarts of bug poison.
From Time Magazine Archive
Hearken to the tick of this lock-a wolf trap has'n't a livelier spring; pan and cock speak together, like two singing masters undertaking a psalm in meetin'.
From The Deerslayer by Cooper, James Fenimore
Late in the afternoon, as we were approaching a wolf trap, Oo-koo-hoo, who was leading the way, suddenly stopped and gazed ahead.
From The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure by Heming, Arthur Henry Howard
Sometimes a badger will be caught in a wolf trap.
From Science of Trapping Describes the Fur Bearing Animals, Their Nature, Habits And Distribution, With Practical Methods For Their Capture by Kreps, Elmer Harry
