booby-traps
- present tense form of booby-trap (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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Brigadier General Iddo Mizrahi, chief of Israel's military engineers, said troops were in a first stage of opening access routes in Gaza but were encountering mines and booby-traps.
From Reuters ● Nov. 2, 2023
Frank falls into one of Bill's booby-traps after years of Bill living a safe — and totally solitary — life.
From Salon ● Jan. 30, 2023
Knowing how to spot booby-traps that could shatter their lives again is a necessary skill, she said.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 29, 2022
“Carol of the Bells” is memorably used in Home Alone as Macaulay Culkin booby-traps his home.
From Slate ● Dec. 19, 2019
They will not let you play with fire Or trip your sister up with wire, They grudge the tea-tray for a drum, Or booby-traps when callers come.
From The Story of the Treasure Seekers by Nesbit, E. (Edith)
