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- noun Plural form of
mousetrap . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
mousetrap .
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Examples
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Back in 1990, I was reminded of why to beware of what can feel like "mousetraps" -- by which I mean when you move into a space vacated by another company don't forget to evaluate all systems in the computer space to see what you're dealing with.
Infoworld News 2009
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Mice and traps and the kind of mousetraps that are hard to find anymore.
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Pressure release switches such as mousetraps, pull switches that actuate with a trip wire and pressure switches.
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Above the "mousetraps" is an inner guardroom with a window commanding the court of the Conciergerie; this is used by the gendarmerie of the department, and the stairs lead up to it.
Scenes from a Courtesan's Life Honor�� de Balzac 1824
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The "mousetraps," opposite the gate, consist of a certain number of old cells constructed in the old kitchens of Saint-Louis 'building, whither prisoners not yet fully committed are brought to await the hour when the Court sits, or the arrival of the examining judge.
Scenes from a Courtesan's Life Honor�� de Balzac 1824
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[I] rreducibly complex systems such as mousetraps and flagella serve both as negative arguments against gradualistic explanations like Darwin's and as positive arguments for design.
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[I] rreducibly complex systems such as mousetraps and flagella serve both as negative arguments against gradualistic explanations like Darwin's and as positive arguments for design.
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"mousetraps" end on the north at the quay, on the east at the headquarters of the Municipal Guard, on the west at the courtyard of the Conciergerie, and on the south they adjoin a large vaulted hall, formerly, no doubt, the banqueting-room, but at present disused.
Scenes from a Courtesan's Life Honor�� de Balzac 1824
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"[I] rreducibly complex systems such as mousetraps and flagella serve both as negative arguments against gradualistic explanations like Darwin's and as positive arguments for design.
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All manner of things - everything that begins with an M - ... such as mousetraps, and the moon, and memory, and muchness .... "
Museum Blogs 2009
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