slip

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1n. — Nfld, Obs.

a noose or snare for catching deer and other large game.

Quotations

1772

We fresh tailed the deertrap and the slip by Atkinson Pond, and returned home over the Barrens.

2n.

See 1935 quote at scraper.

See: scraper (see 1935 quote)

1961

Slips were the forerunners of the modern scrappers [sic] in common use today.