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around the traps

around the traps prepositional phrase: here and there; in various places.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (Australia, colloquial) here and there; in various places.
    • While debating whether Sydney is a “Pooftah's Paradise,” Les is careful to protest (and obviously a bit too much) his distance from gay men and sexual practice: “Well, all I can say is that I've knocked around the traps and I've lived in Australia man and boy for donkey's years, and in all that...2004, Paul Matthew St Pierre, A Portrait of the Artist as Australian: L'Oeuvre bizarre de Barry Humphries
    • I use two fingers to hand the photo to him through the bars of his gate, say, 'You may have heard around the traps that he's missing, Mister Nero, and although he lives in Hobart he's got many Melbourne connections. Know him?'2017, David Owen, Romeo's Gun

Questions about around the traps

What does around the traps mean?
Around the traps means here and there; in various places.
What part of speech is around the traps?
Around the traps is a prepositional phrase.

Words near around the traps in the dictionary

  1. around Robin Hood's barn
  2. around the bend
  3. around the clock
  4. around the corner
  5. around the horn
  6. around the traps
  7. around the way
  8. around the wicket
  9. around the world
  10. around the worlds
  11. around-the-clock

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