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pitfall and gin

pitfall and gin noun: an obstacle or impediment, or anything that might trick or ensnare someone.

Noun

pitfall and gin (plural pitfalls and gins)

  1. (figuratively) An obstacle or impediment, or anything that might trick or ensnare someone.
    • "All I know of this old trail [...] is what you can see. I got it from the highroad. I was covering the kite who went in. Where it leads, and if it's beset with "pitfall and gin", I can't say."1930, Sax Rohmer, The Day the World Ended, published 1969, page xi. 103
    • Thanks, however, to the almost uncanny faculty of the Gurkha for avoiding, in the dark, “pitfall and gin" — in this case tent ropes, ravines, and terraces, these last in some places giving a drop of twelve feet or even more'1930, History of the 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force) 1858 to 1928, page 352

Forms of pitfall and gin

pluralpitfalls and gins
alternative formpitfalls and gins

Questions about pitfall and gin

What does pitfall and gin mean?
Pitfall and gin means an obstacle or impediment, or anything that might trick or ensnare someone.
What part of speech is pitfall and gin?
Pitfall and gin is a noun.
What is the plural of pitfall and gin?
The plural of pitfall and gin is pitfalls and gins.

Words near pitfall and gin in the dictionary

  1. piteraqs
  2. pites
  3. Piteå
  4. Pitești
  5. pitfall
  6. pitfall and gin
  7. pitfalled
  8. pitfalling
  9. pitfalls
  10. pitfalls and gins
  11. pitful

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