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wharf rats

wharf rats is the plural of wharf rat.

Meaning of wharf rat

Noun

wharf rat (plural wharf rats)

  1. A brown rat; especially, one that lives among wharves.
  2. (slang) A neglected boy who lives around the wharfs.
  3. (slang) A man who hangs around a wharf in the hope of finding temporary work there.

Questions about wharf rats

What is wharf rats the plural of?
Wharf rats is the plural of wharf rat.

Words near wharf rats in the dictionary

  1. wharf
  2. wharf borer
  3. wharf borers
  4. wharf crab
  5. wharf rat
  6. wharf rats
  7. wharf roach
  8. wharf roaches
  9. wharfage
  10. wharfages
  11. Wharfe

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