Meaning of deerslayer | Babel Free

Definitions

One who kills deer.

Examples

“He has been so often seen in pictures dressed like⟳ a deerslayer that many people feel⟳ sure that he is a dead shot in the class with Kit Carson, Davy Crockett, Daniel Boone and Buffalo Bill — yet he can not eat⟳ his soup until he puts on his glasses.”

“The Pennsylvania highlands not only provide⟳ the sport of American deer hunting with nostalgic myths, legends and famous tales of crafty old deerslayers, but set⟳ the historic background for one such deerslayer who remains a legend in his own⟳ time.”

“He’d enjoyed the rush⟳ of peering in a window at the deerslayers, but invariably they’d just been smoking like⟳ chimneys, drinking to excess, overeating, and acting like⟳ yahoos.”

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