Meaning of around the traps | Babel Free

Definitions

here and there; in various places.

Australia, colloquial

Examples

“While debating whether Sydney is a “Pooftah's Paradise,” Les is careful to protest⟳ (and obviously a bit too much) his distance from gay men and sexual practice: “Well, all I can say⟳ is that I've knocked around the traps and I've lived in Australia man and boy for donkey's years, and in all that time nobody's every^([sic]) tried to slip⟳ their pollywaffle up my doughnut.””

“I use⟳ two fingers to hand the photo to him through the bars of his gate, say⟳, 'You may have⟳ heard around the traps that he's missing, Mister Nero, and although he lives in Hobart he's got many Melbourne connections. Know⟳ him?'”

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