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Definition of "wharf rat" [wharf rat]

  • A rat that infests wharves and ships. (noun)
  • Slang A person who frequents wharves. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "wharf rat" in a sentence
  • "So they walked on, down the middle of the broadest street of Caergoth's harbor, the brutes jumping whenever a wharf rat skittered from one shadow to the next."
  • "She looked Hayden up and down like a wharf rat eyeing a particularly succulent piece of cheese before drawling, “More’s the pity.”"