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trapper

[trap-er] / ˈtræp ər /


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Instead, within approximately four hours, a licensed trapper arrived, safely captured the animal and removed it from the community.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

First, I had raccoons, which we extracted with help from a trapper.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

Pitting a lovestruck fur trapper against a bucktoothed horde, this underground festival hit is a feverish fit of creative buffoonery — you haven’t experienced anything remotely like it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2024

He says an old trapper there taught him the Indigenous method of making buckskin leather by soaking hides in animal brains and tanning them using wood smoke.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 14, 2023

I had read so much about the loneliness of the farmer, the trapper, the woodsman during the bleakness of winter that I had come to believe it.

From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

With sunset less than an hour away, the trappers give up on Doug and pivot to finding the clutch of kittens.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

Unfortunately, this beautiful coat, which ranges in color from a reddish tan to a dark granite, also made them attractive prey for trappers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2026

The other is the sea otter, which was wiped out of Oregon waters by fur trappers more than 100 years ago.

From Science Daily ● May 21, 2024

The proposal cites people who watch, photograph or listen to wildlife as examples of potential new board members, joining hunters, fishermen and trappers.

From New York Times ● Mar. 25, 2024

Talking with men in the Transient-House I heard of the fur trade up the river, how licensed trappers went up and downriver by sledge or iceboat through Tarrenpeth Forest almost to the Ice.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin


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