wolfern.
/ˈwʊlfə/ 1. A wolf-hunter.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > hunter > hunter of specific animal > [noun] > of wolves
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1872 Rep. Indian Affairs 1871 410 A regular stampede took place out of that section of the country of ‘Wolfers’ and whiskey traders.
1877 C. Hallock Sportsman's Gazetteer 13 The ‘wolfers’ proceed to gather up animals slain, carry them to camp [etc.].
1888 Cent. Mag. Feb. 501/2 Trappers and wolfers, whose business is to poison wolves.
1930 C. M. MacInnes In Shadow of Rockies 66 Even more disreputable than the whisky traders were the wolfers.
1973 R. Wiebe Temptations of Big Bear II. iii. 101 Settlers ripping up land and knocking down trees and wolfers dashing about scattering poison and killing wolves and buffalo.
1976 Times 8 July 16/4 The ghoulish wolfers poisoned the plains with strychnine.
2. One who ‘wolfs’ food or drink. rare.
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > [noun] > eating voraciously > voracious eater
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1897 A. R. Marshall ‘Pomes’ from Pink 'Un 118 (Farmer) The worn-out whiskey wolfer calmly slumbered through it all.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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