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Definition of mantrap :
1. A dangerous place, as an open hatch, into which one may fall.
2. A trap for catching trespassers.
Synonyms:
salmon pink, sweetie, steady, watcher, kayo, debaucher, viewer, dish antenna, dish aerial, lulu, saucer, peach tree, beaut, witness, peach, ravisher, smash, violator, apricot, spectator, bag, beauty, yellowish pink, dish, knockout, strike, looker, dishful, stunner, smasher, cup of tea, hit, truelove, sweetheart, bang
Usage examples:
- " Ten Nights in a Barroom," and " Three Years in a Mantrap," are among his best known works. - "McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader", William Holmes McGuffey.
- All these may seem to be wide reasons for objecting to Melissa's pity for Sir Gavial Mantrap on the ground of his good morals; but their connection will not be obscure to any one who has taken pains to observe the links uniting the scattered signs of our social development. - "Impressions of Theophrastus Such", George Eliot.
- A bit of a mantrap. - "The Way of Decision", M. C. Pease.