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Old 10-01-2020, 05:58 AM   #43
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Originally Posted by DrChiper View Post
It is a Anglicized Latin word, meaning "mouse-trap", so I do not think you can blame the Oxford dictionary
Indeed, no blame was intended - the story in question was published in 1854, when such inkhorn pretensions were more commonplace, I suspect.
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