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fur-hunting 
n. the trapping of fur-bearing animals for sale of their pelts.
See also: furring
- 1819 This fur-hunting employs a great number of persons, not only within the limits of the Hudson's Bay Company, but also on the coast of Labrador and in the northern parts of Newfoundland.
- 1862 The Company's policy will drive scores if not hundreds into the fur business who would not otherwise have gone, and who, while they could make a tolerable living here, would never have dreamt of going out a fur-hunting.
- 1819 This fur-hunting employs a great number of persons, not only within the limits of the Hudson's Bay Company, but also on the coast of Labrador and in the northern parts of Newfoundland.