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traps

noun plural \ˈtraps\

Definition of TRAPS

:  personal belongings :  luggage
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Origin of TRAPS

Middle English trappe caparison — more at trap
First Known Use: 1813

Rhymes with TRAPS

apse, chaps, craps, lapse, schnapps, taps

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48 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. traps
  2. trap
  3. mess traps
  4. air trap
  5. bell trap
  6. blacklight trap
  7. booby trap
  8. box trap
  9. bucket trap
  10. building trap
  11. bullet trap
  12. door trap
  13. electrocutor trap
  14. fall-trap
  15. figure-four trap
  16. fish trap
  17. flame trap
  18. gas trap
  19. gin trap
  20. grease trap
  21. hi-trap
  22. house trap
  23. ion trap
  24. joker trap
  25. light trap
  26. liquid-air trap
  27. live trap
  28. lobster trap
  29. lo-trap
  30. mosquito plant
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