British Dictionary definitions for ratbag

ratbag

noun

slang a despicable person

Word Origin

C20: from rat + bag

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Examples from the Web for ratbag

Contemporary Examples

There he is smoking at Joshua Tree, milling around onstage, and palling around with his kid and dog named Ratbag.
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The Daily Beast
October 22, 2010

Word Origin and History for ratbag

n.

also rat-bag, "unpleasant person," 1937, from rat (n.) + bag (n.).