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bumtraps

bumtraps is the plural of bumtrap.

Meaning of bumtrap

Noun

bumtrap (plural bumtraps)

  1. (obsolete, rare, slang) A bailiff.
    • The noble bumtrap, blind and deaf to every circumstance of distress, greatly rises above all the motives to humanity, and into the hands of the gaoler resolves to deliver his miserable prey.1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society, published 1973, page 215

Questions about bumtraps

What is bumtraps the plural of?
Bumtraps is the plural of bumtrap.

Words near bumtraps in the dictionary

  1. bumsucker
  2. bumsuckers
  3. bumtastic
  4. Bumthang
  5. bumtrap
  6. bumtraps
  7. bumwad
  8. bumwads
  9. bun
  10. bun drop
  11. bun drops

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