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1835 R. M. Bird Hawks of Hawk-hollow I. 79 He acquired a singular reputation as a bold and successful scalp-hunter.

1851 M. Reid Scalp Hunters III. vii. 93 Poor Seguin! No wonder, he had been a scalp-hunter.

1937 T. Rattigan French without Tears ii. i. 37 I can't quite see what my novel has got to do with the machinations of a scalp-hunter.

1975 Observer 23 Nov. (Colour Suppl.) 25/3 Once the scalp-hunters get the word that such-and-such a diplomat wants to defect or to become an out-and-out agent they enjoy priority over the sanctifiers and all the other categories of black operations people.