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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The rat-trap man stood looking evilly at the young keeper, and the Scotch gardener took a pinch of snuff.
From Thereby Hangs a Tale Volume One by Fenn, George Manville
"Oh, I will go with you, and show you the way," exclaimed the lute-player: "I've no idea of staying here all by myself, as melancholy as a rat in a rat-trap."
From Henry of Guise; (Vol. I of 3) or, The States of Blois by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)
Yes, this took time, and when they stood up after examining the rat-trap their faces were hot, and their clothes stiff with rust and dust.
From Royal Highness by Mann, Thomas
Meat and drink were sent for, and the soldiers, dismounting, began to take tobacco and rail against the Castle in their brutal fashion—shame on them!—as an old mangy rat-trap.
From The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 1 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... by Sala, George Augustus
I noted the head of a steel rat-trap protruding from the big side-pocket of his coat.
From All Men are Ghosts by Jacks, L. P. (Lawrence Pearsall)
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