- a variation of trapdoor.
trap door
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In “Trap Door” he sings about “a trap door in your heart and a button on your desk well-worn from being pressed.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
At one point he noticed me looking at a trap door above our head.
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2025
As battered suitcases and black sacks stuffed full of cigarettes are heaved up through the makeshift trap door, a man who we're told helps out in the shop watches on laughing.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2025
Howells and his team set up a trap near the crawl space opening and the bear eventually walked into it and triggered the trap door, wildlife officials said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2025
Together they crawled to the other end of the metal pipe, but there was no way for them to get at the crank that opened the trap door from the inside.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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