Mantrap
noun
1.
an outdoor trap set for humans, as to snare poachers or trespassers.
2.
Slang. a woman who is purported to be dangerously seductive or who schemes in her amours; femme fatale.
Also, man·trap.
Origin:
1765–75
1765–75
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| —n | |
| a snare for catching people, esp trespassers | |
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