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traps

plural noun
\ ˈtraps How to pronounce traps (audio) \

Definition of traps

: personal belongings : luggage

Examples of traps in a Sentence

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 Typically, the district sees fewer than 50 mosquitoes each night in each of its nine traps spread throughout the district. — Vikki Ortiz, chicagotribune.com, "Chicagoland mosquito fighters struggle to keep up with this summer's surge of blood suckers," 11 July 2018

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First Known Use of traps

1813, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for traps

Middle English trappe caparison — more at trap

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