Samson (fox)

[< Samson, the Israelite judge, who destroyed the Philistines' grain by letting loose foxes with torches tied to their tails (Judges 15, 4-5)]

Fur Trade

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a red fox lacking guard hairs, giving its fur a burnt appearance.

Quotations

1921

Foxes that were burned like these were what we called "Samsons," and were useless.

1933

He said he weren't goin' to . . . go clear into Canada [from Labrador] to trap a few weasels and Samson foxes.