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trap-house

trap-house is the alternative form of trap house.

Meaning of trap house

Noun

trap house (plural trap houses)

  1. (African-American Vernacular) A place where illegal drugs are manufactured, packaged for sale, or sold on the street.
    • We have a couple of trap houses on our block. Trap houses like drug houses, drug dealers.2015, Anthony Abraham Jack, "Crisscrossing Boundaries: Variation in Experiences with Class Marginality Among Lower-Income, Black Undergraduates at an Elite College", in Elizabeth M. Lee & Chaise...
    Synonyms:
    dope house
  2. (gun sports, trap shooting) A small building from which targets are launched.
    • It was used to train aerial gunners in proper firing techniques by placing the gunner in a vehicle, which was driven around the track, while the gunner fired at targets launched from trap houses.2010 October, United States Marine Corps F-35B West Coast Basing Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), Vol. I, page 141.

Forms of trap-house

pluraltrap-houses

Questions about trap-house

What is trap-house the alternative form of?
Trap-house is the alternative form of trap house.

Words near trap-house in the dictionary

  1. trap yard
  2. trap yards
  3. trap-bath split
  4. trap-door
  5. trap-doors
  6. trap-house
  7. trap-houses
  8. trap-jaw ant
  9. trap-jaw ants
  10. trap-pop
  11. trapaceous

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