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rat pits

rat pits is the plural of rat pit.

Meaning of rat pit

Noun

rat pit (plural rat pits)

  1. (historical) An enclosed space into which rats are placed to be killed by a dog for sport.
  2. (informal) A dreadful place.
    • Kurrell looked round the rat-pit of Kashima and made no reply.1889, Rudyard Kipling, “A Wayside Comedy”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 73

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What is rat pits the plural of?
Rat pits is the plural of rat pit.

Words near rat pits in the dictionary

  1. rat on
  2. rat out
  3. rat pack
  4. rat packs
  5. rat pit
  6. rat pits
  7. rat poison
  8. rat poisons
  9. Rat Portage
  10. rat printing office
  11. rat printing offices

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