mousetrap
[noun]
Synonyms: pitfall, booby trap, deadfall, springe, trapfall

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Mousetrap, The
a play by Agatha Christie, which was first performed in the West End of London in 1952, and has been performed there continuously for longer than any other play in the world. It is a whodunit (=a play about a murder in which you do not find out who did the murder until the end).

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

mouse‧trap /ˈmaʊs-træp/ noun [countable]
a trap for catching mice

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