mousetrap gun

noun

A device patented by James Alexander Williams in 1882, consisting of a frame with a handgun or revolver rigged to fire when triggered by an animal stepping on a treadle.

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Meanings

nounmousetrap gun (plural mousetrap guns)

plural mousetrap guns

  1. historicalengineeringA device patented by James Alexander Williams in 1882, consisting of a frame with a handgun or revolver rigged to fire when triggered by an animal stepping on a treadle.
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APA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mousetrap gun,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mousetrap%20gun.

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