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traps

/ ٰæ /

plural noun

  1. belongings; luggage
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of traps1

C19: probably shortened from trappings
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In recent years, it has returned hundreds of millions of dollars to victims of fraud, in addition to passing laws that ban junk fees and subscription traps.

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Wearing overalls and work boots, Gemperle walked through her orchard with a clipboard under her arm, stopping to check traps hung in the trees to monitor for almond-eating insects.

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If you discover evidence of mice in your home or workplace, set up snap traps and clean up their waste.

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There is peat bog here too which traps the heat, making things more difficult for firefighters, and there are nesting birds and other wildlife which have been badly affected.

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Ireland made a slow start in their otherwise encouraging defeat by France in round one but flew out of the traps in Parma to set the foundations of their victory.

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