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catch-'em-alive-O

catch-'em-alive-O noun: a live-trap (trap designed to catch animals without killing them).

Noun

catch-'em-alive-O (plural catch-'em-alive-Os)

  1. (obsolete, slang) A live-trap (trap designed to catch animals without killing them).
    • There were views, like and unlike, of a multitude of places; and there was one little picture-room devoted to a few of the regular sticky old Saints, with sinews like whipcord, hair like Neptune’s, wrinkles like tattooing, and such coats of varnish that every holy personage served for a fly-trap...1855-1857, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit

Forms of catch-'em-alive-O

pluralcatch-'em-alive-Os

Questions about catch-'em-alive-O

What does catch-'em-alive-O mean?
Catch-'em-alive-O means a live-trap (trap designed to catch animals without killing them).
What part of speech is catch-'em-alive-O?
Catch-'em-alive-O is a noun.
What is the plural of catch-'em-alive-O?
The plural of catch-'em-alive-O is catch-'em-alive-Os.

Words near catch-'em-alive-O in the dictionary

  1. catch wreck
  2. catch you later
  3. catch you on the flip side
  4. catch Z's
  5. catch'd
  6. catch-'em-alive-O
  7. catch-'em-alive-Os
  8. catch-22
  9. catch-22s
  10. catch-all
  11. catch-all parties

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