rattrap

[rat-trap]

rat·trap

[rat-trap]
noun
1.
a device for catching rats.
2.
a run-down, filthy, or dilapidated place.
3.
a difficult, involved, or entangling situation.

Origin:
1425–75; late Middle English. See rat, trap1
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Rattrap is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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rattrap

noun
1. a difficult entangling situation 
2. filthy run-down dilapidated housing 
3. a trap for catching rats 
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