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brass rat

brass rat noun: a class ring bearing the image of a beaver, worn by graduates of MIT.

Noun

brass rat (plural brass rats)

  1. (slang) A class ring bearing the image of a beaver, worn by graduates of MIT.

Forms of brass rat

pluralbrass rats

Questions about brass rat

What does brass rat mean?
Brass rat means a class ring bearing the image of a beaver, worn by graduates of MIT.
What part of speech is brass rat?
Brass rat is a noun.
What is the plural of brass rat?
The plural of brass rat is brass rats.

Words near brass rat in the dictionary

  1. brass off
  2. brass out
  3. brass ovaries
  4. brass pounder
  5. brass pounders
  6. brass rat
  7. brass rats
  8. brass razoo
  9. brass razoos
  10. brass ring
  11. brass rings

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