ratbag

British  

/ ˈrætˌbæɡ /

noun

1. slang a despicable person

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Etymology

Origin of ratbag

C20: from _rat + _bag

Example Sentences

The ratbag attitude runs deep.

From The Guardian

Under very different circumstances, two women return to the coastal resort where they grew up, 17 years on from accusations that they murdered their duplicitous ratbag schoolteacher.

From The Guardian

I sat in a suite at the Savoy hotel, in privilege, resenting the woeful ratbag I once was, who, for all his problems, had drugs.

From The Guardian

Then came divorce from Uma Thurman, amid rumours of an affair with the couple's nanny, and vilification by the tabloids as Public Ratbag No 1.

From The Guardian

If he's a ratbag, he's one of our ratbags.

From BBC