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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
in a trapping area, an Indian sub-trader who receives a stock of goods on commission and trades with his fellows as agent for the white trader.
Quotations
1956
Accordingly, to stop your man from heading for the village with the first mink caught, you fall back on the camp-trader.