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Noun: rattrap  'rat,trap
  1. A trap for catching rats
    "They set up a rattrap in the barn to control the pest problem"
     
  2. Filthy run-down dilapidated housing
    "The tenement was nothing more than a rattrap, unfit for habitation"
     
  3. A difficult entangling situation
    "The complex legal case became a rattrap for the inexperienced lawyer"

Derived forms: rattraps

Type of: difficultness, difficulty, housing, living accommodations, lodging, trap

Encyclopedia: Rattrap