ratcatcher
Origin of ratcatcher
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How to use ratcatcher in a sentence
A friend of mine used to call it, not inaptly, ‘the ratcatcher style’.
Archaic England | Harold BayleyOne day a stranger came saying he was a ratcatcher, and offered to rid the place of the vermin for a sum of money.
Curiosities of Christian History | Croake JamesThere is associated with Buckingham Palace a most worthy and useful individual called the ratcatcher.
Sketches In The House (1893) | T. P. O'ConnorEverybody can see why in such a vast and generally untenanted barrack, there should be a ratcatcher.
Sketches In The House (1893) | T. P. O'ConnorThere is no reason whatever why a whole evening should not be spent in the discussion of the ratcatcher's salary.
Sketches In The House (1893) | T. P. O'Connor
British Dictionary definitions for rat-catcher
a person whose job is to destroy or drive away vermin, esp rats
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