Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—T

Trapper

in America, is one whose vocation is to set traps for wild animals for the sake of their furs.

The Trapper.
(See Natty Bumppo.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
Trappists
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