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#159655 - 05/11/06 04:40 AM trap = mouth?
Logwood enthusiast Registered: 07/28/05 Posts: 270 Loc: Israel	So, apparently "trap" is a slang for mouth (according to freeonlinedictionary anyway). The book I read, describes a man with a "fierce trap of a mouth". If "trap" is slang for mouth, it basically translates as a man with a "fierce mouth of a mouth", which doesn't make any sense... whatsoever! Anyone? The context, in case there's any doubt: "The leader of the guards, Priam was a lanky man with a fierce trap of a mouth."
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#159656 - 05/11/06 05:34 AM Re: trap = mouth?
inselpeter Pooh-Bah Registered: 03/14/01 Posts: 2379 Loc: New York City	I've only ever heard slang "trap" used one sentence, "shut yer trap." The one you cite is plain enough, if the word isn't used as slang, and the collision may be deliberate and humorous. Which, and whether good at all is impossible to tell without more context.
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#159657 - 05/11/06 05:47 AM Re: trap = mouth?
Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 7184 Loc: Vermont	more a reference to a jaw trap, no? snapping shut? _________________________ formerly known as etaoin...
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#159658 - 05/11/06 05:56 AM Re: trap = mouth?
Logwood enthusiast Registered: 07/28/05 Posts: 270 Loc: Israel	Makes sense, etaoin. Thanks.
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#159659 - 05/11/06 05:16 PM Re: trap = mouth?
inselpeter Pooh-Bah Registered: 03/14/01 Posts: 2379 Loc: New York City	Quote: more a reference to a jaw trap, no? snapping shut? Sure. I figure that's where the slang comes from too.
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