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Grammar : Noun
Spell : ded-fawl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɛdˌfɔl



Definition of deadfall

  • As in pitfall : noun hazard, trap
  • As in booby trap : noun concealed trap
  • As in clip joint : noun place that overcharges customers
Example sentences :
  • And I hope you get caught in some kind of deadfall and have to come screaming to the cops.
  • Extract from : « Out Like a Light » by Gordon Randall Garrett
  • Five days after we struck camp we caught a black bear in a deadfall.
  • Extract from : « Black Beaver » by James Campbell Lewis
  • Why didn't you have a deadfall for the foxes as you had for the bears?
  • Extract from : « Beautiful Joe » by Marshall Saunders
  • But neither the steel-trap nor the deadfall is wholly satisfactory.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Trapper » by A. C. Laut
  • A deadfall will act just as effectively; but there is one point requiring care.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Trapper » by A. C. Laut
  • Long about noon he found him by a deadfall alongside of a bar.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Scouts in A Trapper's Camp » by Thornton W. Burgess
  • Of course a little pen has to be built when setting this deadfall with bait.
  • Extract from : « Deadfalls and Snares » by A. R. (Arthur Robert) Harding
  • Will say that there is a right and a wrong way to set the deadfall.
  • Extract from : « Deadfalls and Snares » by A. R. (Arthur Robert) Harding
  • During November and December, 1897, I caught 11 skunk in one deadfall like this one.
  • Extract from : « Deadfalls and Snares » by A. R. (Arthur Robert) Harding
  • Long in the '80's in five winters eight mink were caught in one deadfall.
  • Extract from : « Deadfalls and Snares » by A. R. (Arthur Robert) Harding

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