lobster pot

noun

1. a trap for catching lobsters, typically a box made of wooden slats with a funnellike entrance to the bait.

lobster pot

noun

1. a round basket or trap made of open slats used to catch lobsters

Word History and Origins

Origin of lobster pot¹

First recorded in 1755–65

Example Sentences

Holy saints, skipper, ye'd not be sendin' me to choppin' poles wid a head on me like a lobster-pot?

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She wouldn't live in a dirty house no more'n she'd live in a lobster pot.

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This Lecture Room I dont think was originally meant for pictures and acts on the principle of a lobster pot.

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Nothing was found but a battered old lobster pot, crammed with seaweed and little green crabs.

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Much trouble would have been spared to himself and his translators, if Bbur had known a lobster-pot.

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