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- noun Plural form of
trapline .
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Examples
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A United States government that could lay traplines in their slums would have a much better chance of stopping a terrorist attack than any amount of naval maneuvering or bureaucratic restructuring can provide.
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A United States government that could lay traplines in their slums would have a much better chance of stopping a terrorist attack than any amount of naval maneuvering or bureaucratic restructuring can provide.
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"A U.S. government that could somehow find a way to lay traplines in [the] slums [of Istanbul, Karachi, and other cities where bombs could conceivably be built]," notes Langewiesche, "would have a better chance of stopping a terrorist attack than any port-inspection program, bureaucratic reshuffling, or military maneuvering can provide."
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After the fur lobby some years ago beaver prices fell to the point that no one runs their traplines anymore.
early spring 2006
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Jo was an expert hunter, and while Kezzie still hadn't sufficiently keen hearing to hunt well, his brother had taught him to run traplines.
A Breath of Snow and Ashes Gabaldon, Diana 2005
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Late that winter, Stewart left camp to check his traplines and was never seen alive again.
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Small wonder I'm the one selected for traplines, the place looks like someone put a manure field in the midst of Better Homes and Gardens.
outfoxed Diary Entry outfoxed 2001
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If they'd thought that he was going to be able to get rid of any monsters that came in from the Forest, people wouldn't have been half as hard on Dad and Mum ... in fact, they might have helped them out a bit that last winter, when running the traplines was so hard.
Owlflight Lackey, Mercedes 1997
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Far away, a deep rumbling shook Mount Valcarsha, and a dark shadow passed overhead as Kale and Edrin walked their traplines in the valley.
The Dragons at War Weis, Margaret 1996
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Far away, a deep rumbling shook Mount Valcarsha, and a dark shadow passed overhead as Kale and Edrin walked their traplines in the valley.
The Dragons at War Weis, Margaret 1996
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