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hill rat

hill rat noun: a prospector.

Noun

hill rat (plural hill rats)

  1. (US, slang) A prospector.

Forms of hill rat

pluralhill rats

Questions about hill rat

What does hill rat mean?
Hill rat means a prospector.
What part of speech is hill rat?
Hill rat is a noun.
What is the plural of hill rat?
The plural of hill rat is hill rats.

Words near hill rat in the dictionary

  1. hill partridge
  2. hill partridges
  3. hill pigeon
  4. Hill radii
  5. Hill radius
  6. hill rat
  7. hill rats
  8. Hill River poison
  9. hill side
  10. hill sides
  11. Hill sphere

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