rat terrier
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of rat terrier
First recorded in 1850–55
Example Sentences
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Min, a champion rat terrier, ate green beans leading up to the recent American Pulling Alliance Championship.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025
Phoebe Yung of Brooklyn adopted a pandemic pup, a rat terrier named Moose.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 19, 2022
I just did the ancestry thing, and she’s mainly Australian shepherd, Chihuahua and rat terrier.
From New York Times • Sep. 24, 2021
A miniature Chihuahua and rat terrier mix, Midge joined the Sheriff’s Office in early 2006 as a pup, from a litter owned by a department employee.
From Washington Times • Apr. 19, 2021
I thought sure he'd floor the boy an' me not quite loaded, but Jack were as spry as a rat terrier.
From In the Days of Poor Richard by Bacheller, Irving
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