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ratpack

ratpack is the alternative form of rat pack.

Meaning of rat pack

Noun (1)

rat pack (plural rat packs)

  1. (UK, slang) A ration pack.

Noun (2)

rat pack (plural rat packs)

  1. (US, dated, slang) A juvenile criminal gang.
    • […] the operation of one suspected murder gang — described by investigators as a rat pack of 20 to 30 Negro youths […]1964, United States. Congress, Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates..., page 12346

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Forms of ratpack

pluralratpacks

Questions about ratpack

What is ratpack the alternative form of?
Ratpack is the alternative form of rat pack.

Words near ratpack in the dictionary

  1. ratooner
  2. ratooners
  3. ratooning
  4. ratoons
  5. ratos
  6. ratpack
  7. ratpacks
  8. ratpox
  9. ratproof
  10. rats
  11. rats in a granary

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