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mantrap

/ ˈmænˌtræp /

noun

  1. a snare for catching people, esp trespassers


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Big hole down there filled up and the bridge that was just a mantrap new floored!

The old sheriff never allows any thing done outside the rules, for he's tighter than a mantrap. '

The cousins were alongside in the field which this mantrap bounded.

As for her complexion, that was nearly as brilliant as Lady Mantrap's, and without the powder which her ladyship uses.

I asked Lady Mantrap, when I heard you were to be here, to invite me to her party.

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