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rat-catcher

British  

noun

  1. a person whose job is to destroy or drive away vermin, esp rats

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James didn't always dream of being a rat-catcher.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2021

Over the weekend there was a fair bit of argument over the decision by a small restaurant in Hamelin not to serve dinner to the town rat-catcher.

From Slate • Jun. 24, 2018

I saw him once and he looked like the rat-catcher in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

From The Guardian • Aug. 21, 2010

An old rat-catcher had seen them flee from the sewer.

From "The Whipping Boy" by Sid Fleischman

"Ain't that a wonder! I never heard of a rat-catcher could read and write and do sums. It don't fit. Don't forget your old friends when you grow up to be duke or something."

From "The Whipping Boy" by Sid Fleischman

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