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rat houses

rat houses is the plural of rat house.

Meaning of rat house

Noun

rat house (plural rat houses)

  1. (Australia, slang) A mental hospital.
    • I've had enough, mate. A bloody man is starting to get the Joe Blakes and the dry retches and if a man keeps this up I'm sure to finish in the rat house with the DTs at this rate.1998, Keith B. Saunders, Myall Road, page 91

Questions about rat houses

What is rat houses the plural of?
Rat houses is the plural of rat house.

Words near rat houses in the dictionary

  1. rat guard
  2. rat guards
  3. rat hole
  4. rat holes
  5. rat house
  6. rat houses
  7. rat in a granary
  8. Rat Indian
  9. Rat Indians
  10. Rat Islands
  11. rat kangaroo

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