trap doors

[trap-dawr, -dohr]

trap·door

[trap-dawr, -dohr]
noun
1.
a door flush with the surface of a floor, ceiling, or roof.
2.
the opening that it covers.
adjective
3.
of, pertaining to, or like a trapdoor.

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Trap doors is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.

Origin:
1325–75; Middle English trappe dore. See trap1, door
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