rattrap
a device for catching rats.
a run-down, filthy, or dilapidated place.
a difficult, involved, or entangling situation.
Origin of rattrap
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How to use rattrap in a sentence
I put him into the best substitute for a bird-cage that I could find, and that was a large wire rat-trap!
Marrying a woman for her munny is vera mutch like setting a rat-trap, and baiting it with yure own finger.
Josh Billings, Hiz Sayings | Henry Wheeler ShawThe old lady recovers her health—the future shuts down like a rat trap and what does the poor girl do?
The Blue Germ | Martin SwayneHis blasted jingling old rat-trap has called the whole household to look at us!
Sir Jasper Carew | Charles James LeverCinderella brought the rat-trap to her, and in it there were three huge rats.
The Tales of Mother Goose | Charles Perrault
British Dictionary definitions for rat-trap
a device for catching rats
informal a type of bicycle pedal having serrated steel foot pads and a toe clip
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