rat-trap
Britishnoun
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a device for catching rats
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informal a type of bicycle pedal having serrated steel foot pads and a toe clip
Example Sentences
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Man saves one-legged owl 'caught in rat trap'
From BBC • Dec. 4, 2023
Once placed, a rat trap could take days, or even weeks, to be successful.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 27, 2023
Casa La Femme, an upscale Egyptian restaurant in the West Village, has an elaborate outdoor dining shed with a trellised canopy, embroidered gold curtains, seats with fringed pillows and now, nearby, a high-tech rat trap.
From New York Times • Dec. 17, 2021
The fool carries a black bag whose contents include, in addition to the goat’s bladder, a creepy doll, fake dog poop, a rat trap and an antique hand grenade.
From Washington Post • Aug. 3, 2017
“Pretty good kind of a rat trap, I’d say,” Mrs. Fitzgibbon remarked.
From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien
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