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mousetrap gun

mousetrap gun noun: a device patented by James Alexander Williams in 1882, consisting of a frame with a handgun or revolver rigged to fire when triggered by an animal stepping on a treadle.

Noun

mousetrap gun (plural mousetrap guns)

  1. (historical) A device patented by James Alexander Williams in 1882, consisting of a frame with a handgun or revolver rigged to fire when triggered by an animal stepping on a treadle.

Forms of mousetrap gun

pluralmousetrap guns

Questions about mousetrap gun

What does mousetrap gun mean?
Mousetrap gun means a device patented by James Alexander Williams in 1882, consisting of a frame with a handgun or revolver rigged to fire when triggered by an animal stepping on a treadle.
What part of speech is mousetrap gun?
Mousetrap gun is a noun.
What is the plural of mousetrap gun?
The plural of mousetrap gun is mousetrap guns.

Words near mousetrap gun in the dictionary

  1. mousesonas
  2. mousetail
  3. mousetails
  4. mousetaur
  5. mousetrap
  6. mousetrap gun
  7. mousetrap guns
  8. mousetrap man
  9. mousetrap men
  10. mousetrapped
  11. mousetrapping

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