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steel trap

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Noun1.steel trap - an acute intelligence (an analogy based on the well-known sharpness of steel traps); "he's as sharp as a steel trap"; "a mind like a steel trap"
keenness, sharpness, acuity, acuteness - a quick and penetrating intelligence; "he argued with great acuteness"; "I admired the keenness of his mind"
2.steel trap - a trap made of steel with a strong spring and sharp toothlike projections to hold the prey
trap - a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned


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The first is like a steel trap, and the last nimbler than a buck- shot.
The Prairie by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
He was brown and lean and enduring, steady-eyed and pestilence-salted, and his mouth, which had once hung open, shut now like a steel trap.
The War in the Air by Wells, H.G. View in context
Fyne said very unexpectedly like a steel trap going off.
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