Etymology
Origin of ratcatcher
Example Sentences
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Mrs. Rose Sturgess, 70, famed English ratcatcher, descendant of generations of ratcatchers; of natural causes; at Paddock Wood, England.
From Time Magazine Archive
When Hall was born in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, on Nov. 22,1930, his father was a railway employee and his grandfather had been the village ratcatcher.
From Time Magazine Archive
"We have a Corporation ratcatcher, but he goes for the wrong sort."
From Time Magazine Archive
An orphan boy named Jemmy, the son of a ratcatcher, roused from his sleep.
From "The Whipping Boy" by Sid Fleischman
"The same way you came in," answered the ratcatcher.
From "The Whipping Boy" by Sid Fleischman
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