rattrap

Example Sentences

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While cleaning it I found lots of matches, a cap, and a rattrap.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 15, 2017

When Mamma loses Philbert in a department store she finds him in the rattrap department, inside a trap.

From Time Magazine Archive

Today his is the crucial job of clamping the lid on the Germans caught in the southern rattrap.

From Time Magazine Archive

In San Jose, Calif., a new electric rattrap was demonstrated: the rat walked in, the door banged shut, the machine buzzed threateningly, the door opened, the rat walked out.

From Time Magazine Archive

I always furnish the guest a rattrap for his room, free of charge.

From Time Magazine Archive