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winter rats

winter rats is the plural of winter rat.

Meaning of winter rat

Noun

winter rat (plural winter rats)

  1. (US, colloquial, idiomatic) An old, unattractive automobile, purchased for little money, to be driven during brutal Great Lakes winters while the owner's "good" car remains garaged and protected from corrosive road salt for the season.

Questions about winter rats

What is winter rats the plural of?
Winter rats is the plural of winter rat.

Words near winter rats in the dictionary

  1. winter purslane
  2. winter quarters
  3. winter radish
  4. winter radishes
  5. winter rat
  6. winter rats
  7. winter road
  8. winter roads
  9. winter salami
  10. winter salamis
  11. winter savories

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