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Definition of Mantraps
1. mantrap [n] - See also: mantrap
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mantraps
Literary usage of Mantraps
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Metropolitan (1833)
"... keepers and the poachers, and prevent the constant effusion of blood, is to
allow them to return to the old system of setting mantraps and spring guns. ..."
2. The United States Democratic Review by Conrad Swackhamer (1852)
"This path is strewed with mantraps and cal- traps, and other destructive engines
for catching wolves aud hunters. Unce, a portion of the body engaged in the ..."
3. George Eliot's Works by George Eliot (1895)
"... dare consequences; but David was too timid to be a sharper, or venture in any
way among the mantraps of the law. He dared rob nobody but his mother. ..."
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