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river rats

river rats is the plural of river rat.

Meaning of river rat

Noun

river rat (plural river rats)

  1. (literally) A rat that lives on or along a river.
    • To her horror, she discovered that the rope she was holding was not a rope at all, but a tail. And attached to the tail was a large river rat that scrambled frantically in midair, thrashing to get away.2000, Elvira Woodruff, The Christmas Doll http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN0590318799&id=lHd3LzrLmDcC&pg=PA49&lpg=PA49&sig=Db_PVv86h_T9YfO5JyIsw6XRaTM
  2. (derogatory) A lower-class person living on or along a river.
    • The river rat he fought was one of a gang of them lolling under the eaves of the porthouse, probably waiting for a gaming house to open.1989, Orson Scott Card, Prentice Alvin http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN0812502124&id=u8x5Q2IHw_8C&pg=PA179&lpg=PA179&sig=frn2Tg8bgUQjDpkNJJxvJOcUm9c
  3. (derogatory) A poker player that wins a Texas Hold'em hand by making the winning hand on the river card.

Questions about river rats

What is river rats the plural of?
River rats is the plural of river rat.

Words near river rats in the dictionary

  1. River Plate
  2. River Platte
  3. river poison
  4. river pumpkin
  5. river rat
  6. river rats
  7. river red gum
  8. river red gums
  9. River Road
  10. river run
  11. river runner

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