trap house

Or trap·house

[trap hous]

noun

1. Slang.,  a place where illicit drugs are bought, sold, or used.

2. a shelter from which the clay pigeons are released in trapshooting.

Word History and Origins

Origin of trap house¹

First recorded in 1940–45 (trapshooting shelter); and in 2005–10 (place to buy drugs, with reference to drugs as an inescapable “trap”); trap ¹ ( def. ) + house ( def. )