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Noun: attractive nuisance  u'trak-tiv 'n(y)oo-sun(t)s
  1. Anything on your premises that might attract children into danger or harm
    "their swimming pool is an attractive nuisance; they should fence it in"

Derived forms: attractive nuisances

Type of: nuisance

Encyclopedia: Attractive nuisance