rat-catcher

British

noun

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

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rat-catcher

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

He heard a splash and a curse as Hold-Your-Nose Billy must have tumbled over Cutwater and the rat-catcher.

From "The Whipping Boy" by Sid Fleischman

And then he thought he recognized the rat-catcher.

From "The Whipping Boy" by Sid Fleischman

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