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n. - A trap for catching trespassers; A very attractive or seductive looking woman.

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Usage examples (37)
  • The room's tight security includes a biometric "mantrap" or highly sophisticated double door, secured with retinal and fingerprint scanners.
  • He placed a pencil between the strips and slid it along to the end, between the two jagged steel jaws of the "mantrap", which were each connected to three tiny pistons.
  • The answer to the acrostic is "mantrap"; the missing rhyme is "mishap."
  • But don't assume mantrap Brenda has the upper hand here.
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