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twitch-up†
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a kind of set (def. 1) that consists of a resilient sapling having a snare or trap attached to the top and being bent over so that when the trap is sprung, the caught animal is hoisted in the air.
Quotations
1923
"I knocked this fellow [an animal] over with a club. I had better luck there than I did with my twitch-ups. I set out three last night, in their runs beyond the second muskeg. But my root-fibre wasn't strong enough. It was broken in both loops that were sprung."
1924
The bait stick and horizontal stick were then adjusted . . . and the twitch-up was complete.