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

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

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive