subs. (common).—1.  The mouth; the POTATO-TRAP (q.v.).

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  2.  (venery).—The female pudendum. For synonyms, see MONOSYLLABLE. Cf. MOUSE, subs. sense 2.

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  3.  (common).—A sovereign; a CANARY (q.v.). [From a fancied resemblance of the crown and shield to a set trap.]

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  THE PARSON’S MOUSETRAP, subs. phr. (common).—See quot. 1785.

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  c. 1696.  B. E., A New Dictionary of the Canting Crew, s.v.

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  1785.  GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, s.v. MOUSETRAP. The PARSON’S MOUSETRAP; the state of matrimony.

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  1811.  GROSE and CLARKE, Lexicon Balatronicum, s.v.

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