man-trap
Americannoun
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an outdoor trap set for humans, as to snare poachers or trespassers.
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Slang. a woman who is purported to be dangerously seductive or who schemes in her amours; femme fatale.
Etymology
Origin of man-trap
First recorded in 1765–75
Example Sentences
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A man-trap involves bulletproof glass doors that control the entrance to the bank.
From Washington Times • Jun. 11, 2016
All the city would shortly be one enormous man-trap, set to catch Bron Hoddan.
From The Pirates of Ersatz by Freas, Kelly
Commandingly he repeated them to cabby peeping down through his pygmy man-trap in the roof, and away went the two-wheeler.
From A Tame Surrender, A Story of The Chicago Strike by King, Charles
I must add that this garden, with its low wall, has been a perfect man-trap.
From Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth by Earle, Alice Morse
"In want of money!" pushing back his chair as from a suddenly-disclosed man-trap or crater.
From The Confidence-Man by Melville, Herman
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