subs. (common)—1. A widow; HOUSE TO LET (q.v.).
1773. GOLDSMITH, She Stoops to Conquer, iii. Y. M. There’s Mrs. MANTRAP.
1785. GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, s.v.
1859. G. W. MATSELL, Vocabulum; or, The Rogue’s Lexicon, s.v.
2. (old).—A lump of excrement; a QUAKER (q.v.).
3. (venery).—See quot. For synonyms, see MONOSYLLABLE.
1785. GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, s.v.
1811. GROSE and CLARKE, Lexicon Balatronicum, s.v. MANTRAP. A woman’s commodity.
