Meanings
nounbread trap (plural bread traps)
plural bread traps
- derogatoryslangA person's mouth.
For heaven's sake and mine too, Ma, I hope you will now be satisfied and close your bread trap for five minutes, for if you do not you will drive me crazy with your eternal lingo!
1879, John P. Burt, Humorous Sketches and Addresses (page 151)
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bread trap. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bread%20trap
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“bread trap.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bread%20trap. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bread trap,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bread%20trap.
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