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noun

US slang, derogatory a young promiscuous woman from an impoverished urban area

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Word Origin for hood rat

C20: from ’hood; influenced by mall rat

Words nearby hood rat

hoodman-blind, hood molding, hood mould, hoodoo, Hoodooism, hood rat, hoodwink, hoodwinked, hooey, hoof, hoof-and-mouth disease

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How to use hood rat in a sentence

Micah is 10 years old and he had a coat geared to the season, a Patagonia winter jacket with a hood.
The Wildly Peaceful, Human, Almost Boring, Ultimately Great New York City Protests for Eric Garner|Mike Barnicle|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As McSpadden wailed in grief, Head climbed on the hood of the car to console her.
The Baptism of Michael Brown Sr. and Ferguson’s Baptism by Fire|Justin Glawe|November 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They should put dude down in the hood and let him get what he deserves.
Ferguson Tensions in Black and White|Seth Ferranti|November 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
One rat had once fallen on his head, he said, during a rat raid of a local home.
The Crazy Medieval Island of Sark|Liza Foreman|October 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Was there a brief window where I relished it, where it proved something about the passage of teenager-hood to manhood?
Leo, the Beard Has to Go: When a Man’s Facial Hair Reaches Crisis Point|Tim Teeman|September 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The strains of the syren at last woke her uncle, and brought back Miss Hood, who suggested that it was late.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
She wore a little red hood, and looked wistfully after Davy as the shop went out of sight.
Davy and The Goblin|Charles E. Carryl
Robin Hood stared at him for a moment with a puzzled expression, and then walked into his little shop, and Davy turned away.
Davy and The Goblin|Charles E. Carryl
Next morning Judy shouted that there was a rat in the nursery, and thus he forgot to tell her the wonderful news.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II|Rudyard Kipling
He had repeated till he was thrice weary the statement that "the Cat lay on the Mat and the Rat came in."
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II|Rudyard Kipling