rattrap

[ rat-trap ]
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noun
  1. a device for catching rats.

  2. a run-down, filthy, or dilapidated place.

  1. a difficult, involved, or entangling situation.

Origin of rattrap

1
1425–75; late Middle English. See rat, trap1

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British Dictionary definitions for rat-trap

rat-trap

noun
  1. a device for catching rats

  2. informal a type of bicycle pedal having serrated steel foot pads and a toe clip

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