trapper

Example Sentences

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Last year, California wildlife officials investigated a coyote trapper employed by Torrance and other cities for possible violation of state law at the urging of animal welfare activists.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2025

Even a black-and-white, near-silent slapstick comedy about a 19th century trapper battling beavers.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2024

Wardens and trappers from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and a trapper for El Dorado County responded and found the mountain lion, the sheriff’s office said.

From New York Times • Mar. 24, 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

The regulators called at all hours, visiting the poorest trapper and wealthiest magistrate alike.

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