sand rat
AmericanEtymology
Origin of sand rat
First recorded in 1775–85
Example Sentences
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In fact, furriers are using everything short of their own hides � Russian fitch, French rabbit, Algerian sand rat, Polish pony, Australian kangaroo and Wyoming buffalo.
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The flat hills of the goffer are likewise seen; this is a kind of large sand rat, living underground, of which I did not obtain a specimen.
From Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII by Maximilian, Alexander Philipp
Tex, ye danged owld sand rat, ut's proud av yersilf ye should be to be the uncle av sich a darlin'.
From The Winning of Barbara Worth by Wright, Harold Bell
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