trade rat


Origin of trade rat

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First recorded in 1910–15

Words Nearby trade rat

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How to use trade rat in a sentence

  • It was in this way that he first heard of Miser the trade rat.

    Mother West Wind "Where" Stories | Thornton W. Burgess
  • We are unable to state what this particular trade rat left in exchange for all this "loot."

    Motor Matt's Mystery | Stanley R. Matthews
  • It wasn't long befo' his neighbors found out what he was doing, and then they called him Miser the trade rat.

    Mother West Wind "Where" Stories | Thornton W. Burgess
  • It was a pack rat, sometimes called a trade rat, paying us a visit.

  • Tank wanted to let him finish, in the hope it might kill the trade-rat; but we couldnt stand any more, ourselves.

    Friar Tuck | Robert Alexander Wason