trap-shy

Updated: May 29, 2025

Collins knew that the fox was only trap-shy while the coyote was vast difference between the two trap-wise; that he would go to a bait, knowing the traps were there, and risk his life in an effort to uncover them and so leave evidence behind that he was keener than his foe.

Hal G. (Hal George) Evarts - The Yellow Horde