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trap house
or trap·house
[ trap hous ]
noun
- Slang. a place where illicit drugs are bought, sold, or used.
- a shelter from which the clay pigeons are released in trapshooting.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of trap house1
First recorded in 1940–45 (trapshooting shelter); and in 2005–10 (place to buy drugs, with reference to drugs as an inescapable “trap”); trap 1( def ) + house ( def )
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Example Sentences
Plant this in the back of your bear trap house and you have one of the best inducements for a bear to catch.
From Project Gutenberg
He has made this charming cottage out of an old rattle-trap house.
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She found it in every trap-house they came to—death—man death.
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