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wharf rat
noun
- a large brown rat that is commonly found on wharves.
- a person who lives or loiters near wharves, often existing by pilfering from ships or warehouses.
wharf rat
noun
- any rat, usually a brown rat, that infests wharves
- informal.a person who haunts wharves, usually for dishonest purposes
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Word History and Origins
Origin of wharf rat1
An Americanism dating back to 1815–25
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Example Sentences
The animal is ten inches long to the termination of the tail, with a body very much the size and color of a large wharf-rat.
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But you see, there aint a wharf-rat left in Windover as ud trust me now!
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It was strong enough of nicotine to drive a wharf-rat to suicide.
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The fireman had found him—a little wharf rat—in Port Antonio.
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He is a wharf rat at Quebec, and is being used by these outlaws to further their treacherous ends.
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