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man·trap

(măn′trăp′)

1. A trap set to catch trespassers or poachers.

2. Slang A sexually aggressive woman who has multiple male sexual partners and is considered to be scheming or manipulative.

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mantrap

(ˈmænˌtræp)

a snare for catching people, esp trespassers

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Noun	1.	mantrap - a very attractive or seductive looking woman knockout, lulu, stunner, peach, ravisher, smasher, looker, beauty, sweetheart, dish adult female, woman - an adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman kept house while the man hunted"
	2.	mantrap - a trap for catching trespassers trap - a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned

Translations

trappola

mantrap

[ˈmæntræp] N → cepo m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

mantrap

[ˈmænˌtræp] n → trappola per l'uomo

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"Always seems to me," said Wemmick, "as if he had set a mantrap and was watching it.

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Now, Mrs Varden, regarding the Maypole as a sort of human mantrap, or decoy for husbands; viewing its proprietor, and all who aided and abetted him, in the light of so many poachers among Christian men; and believing, moreover, that the publicans coupled with sinners in Holy Writ were veritable licensed victuallers; was far from being favourably disposed towards her visitor.

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Mantrap, who will ride at any fence which any man in England will take, and who drives her greys in the park, while her mother keeps a huckster's stall in Bath still--even those who are so bold, one might fancy they could face anything dare not face the world without a female friend.

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A sharper can drive a brisk trade in this world: it is undeniable that there may be a fine career for him, if he will dare consequences; but David was too timid to be a sharper, or venture in any way among the mantraps of the law.

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