trade rat
noun
Origin of trade rat
1First recorded in 1910–15
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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. BurgessWe are unable to state what this particular trade rat left in exchange for all this "loot."
Motor Matt's Mystery | Stanley R. MatthewsIt 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. BurgessIt was a pack rat, sometimes called a trade rat, paying us a visit.
The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories | VariousTank 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
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