trapper

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

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2024

Mississippi Delta-born Rizzo is a trapper with Coyote, Wildlife and Pest Solutions, which was hired by Torrance in the fall of 2021, city documents show.

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

His place was built the old way; it was a birchbark house, but it was quite warm in winter because he knew how to heap the sides with snow and he was an excellent trapper.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich