wolfer
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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By the time his brain registers that his stomach is full, the plodding 32-chews-per-bite eater will have packed in far less food than the five-chews-per-bite wolfer.
From Slate • Apr. 10, 2013
The old wolfer caught the fever and followed the last of them.
From The Yellow Horde by Bull, Charles Livingston
Her mind clung to the shadowy excuse that he had been a wolfer, although the Indians looked on him now as a good friend and a trader who would not take advantage of them.
From Man Size by Raine, William MacLeod
"No. I don't ask any favors of a wolfer."
From Man Size by Raine, William MacLeod
I've stripped off three times more pelts than any wolfer that's mixed poison with his traps.
From The Yellow Horde by Bull, Charles Livingston
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