rat terrier

noun

a terrier of any of several breeds developed especially for catching rats, as the Manchester terrier.

First recorded in 1850–55

Skippy moved stealthily forward, picking up his steps as a rat terrier does.

A rat-terrier believes that on his home grounds he can whip an elephant.

Then provide yourself with a small rat terrier, and keep him in your house at night.

As to little Jay, he has the constitution and the endowments of a rat terrier, nothing beyond.

As for rats, everybody knows that one rat-terrier in a granary is better than an army of cats.

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