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
If it comes together with the bang of a wolf trap and will pinch a hair, so much the better.
From Deadfalls and Snares A Book of Instruction for Trappers About These and Other Home-Made Traps by Harding, A. R. (Arthur Robert)
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
The young woman went on swiftly to tell how her guest had rescued her from the wolf trap and walked home beside her while she rode his horse.
From The Sheriff's Son by Raine, William MacLeod
