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Rattrap

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A device (trap) used to catch rats.

    "... the whole world with its lands and seas, its cities and villages - was nothing but a big rattrap. It had never existed for any other purpose than to set baits for people. It offered riches and joys, shelter and food, heat and clothing, exactly as the rattrap offered cheese and pork, and as soon as anyone let himself be tempted to touch the bait, it closed in on him, and then everything came to an end."

  2. 2
    a trap for catching rats wordnet
  3. 3
    A dilapidated building, a place that is run down and unsanitary.
  4. 4
    filthy run-down dilapidated housing wordnet
  5. 5
    A difficult, entangling situation.
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  1. 6
    a difficult entangling situation wordnet
  2. 7
    A type of bicycle pedal made of metal with no rubber.

Etymology

From Middle English rat trappe; equivalent to rat + trap.

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