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sewer rats

sewer rats is the plural of sewer rat.

Meaning of sewer rat

Noun

sewer rat (plural sewer rats)

  1. The brown rat (Rattus norvegicus).
    • The black rat [...] became extinct in Britain following the Roman withdrawal, only to reappear in Norman times. Thereafter the black rat prospered - until the arrival of the larger brown rat (also known as the sewer rat or Norway rat), which reached Britain at about the time of the Hanoverian...2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 272
  2. (derogatory) A contemptible person.
    Synonyms:
    scumbag
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: Any rat that lives in sewers.

Questions about sewer rats

What is sewer rats the plural of?
Sewer rats is the plural of sewer rat.

Words near sewer rats in the dictionary

  1. sewer
  2. sewer flies
  3. sewer fly
  4. sewer gas
  5. sewer rat
  6. sewer rats
  7. sewer service
  8. sewer slide
  9. sewer slides
  10. sewer socialism
  11. sewer socialist

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