ratbag
Britishnoun
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Origin of ratbag
C20: from rat + bag
Example Sentences
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In the same interview, he described males who transition to female as “mutilated” men, and Caitlyn Jenner in particular as “a publicity-seeking ratbag.”
From New York Times
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
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