Birdtrap

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A trap designed or used to catch wild birds.

    "He talked about hunting and shooting, and told me how unfair it was that Ole Gjortler, who really belonged to Gjerdrum parish, should set his bird-traps on Solberg Common[.]"

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"He talked about hunting and shooting, and told me how unfair it was that Ole Gjortler, who really belonged to Gjerdrum parish, should set his bird-traps on Solberg Common[.]"

Etymology

From bird + trap.

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