house trap
noun
1 Plumbing a trap fitted where the soil pipe issues from a building in order to prevent sewer gas entering the domestic plumbing system (now chiefly historical ).
2Originally US a large aviary-like trap of mesh or wire netting, in which bait is laid to catch live birds.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Catalogue of the Great Exhibition.
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- powerbeads
- power behind the throne
- power bloc
- power block
- power board
- powerboat
- powerboater
- powerboating
- powerbox
- power brake
- power breaker
- power breakfast
- power broker
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- power buzzer
- power cable
- power car
- power center
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