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catch-'em-alive-Os

catch-'em-alive-Os is the plural of catch-'em-alive-O.

Meaning of catch-'em-alive-O

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

Questions about catch-'em-alive-Os

What is catch-'em-alive-Os the plural of?
Catch-'em-alive-Os is the plural of catch-'em-alive-O.

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

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

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