tourist trap
tourist trap noun: an establishment, such as a shop or display, where tourists are encouraged to spend money on goods or services not necessarily of good value.
Noun
tourist trap (plural tourist traps)
- An establishment, such as a shop or display, where tourists are encouraged to spend money on goods or services not necessarily of good value.
- As for Will Deverill, less critical of Nature’s handicraft, he found the inns over-civilised; the Post and the Bräu were too fine for his taste: they had come thus far in search of solitude and Alpine wilds, and they lighted instead on a sort of miniature Grindelwald, with half-a-dozen inns, a...1900, Grant Allen, chapter 1, in Linnet
- For fifteen minutes they walked morosely and in silence through the steep streets where the shops are tourist-traps, alluringly baited with corals and trinkets.1911, Charles Neville Buck, chapter XX, in The Lighted Match
Forms of tourist trap
| plural | tourist traps |
|---|---|
| alternative form | tourist-trap |
Words formed from tourist trap
Questions about tourist trap
- What does tourist trap mean?
- Tourist trap means an establishment, such as a shop or display, where tourists are encouraged to spend money on goods or services not necessarily of good value.
- What part of speech is tourist trap?
- Tourist trap is a noun.
- What is the plural of tourist trap?
- The plural of tourist trap is tourist traps.
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