mouser
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- noun
- /ˈmaʊsər/
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cazador de ratones
- Yeah, he's a really good mouser.
- an excellent mouser
- a good mouser
- a cat and mouser
Examples
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Not every cat is a good mouser.
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As a mouser, Archie knocks poor old Percy into a cocked hat.
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Does any farm within driving distance need a good mouser?
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So guess we could use a good mouser, babe.
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As for the mice, my mouser of a cat would bring them to me when he was finished playing with them.
Academic text (2008) -
That a neutered cat is as good a mouser as any whole cat.
Fiction book (1999) -
- All cats are good mousers.
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One holiday season many years ago, my indoor/outdoor cat—a helluva mouser—came inside from the garden with a bird in her jaws.
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My tomcat is an effective mouser, catching mice that enter the house at night.
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We adopted a stray cat because we heard she was a skilled mouser and could help control the rodent problem.
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Etymology
The word mouser comes from mouse plus the ending -er, which means 'one who'. So a mouser is literally 'one who catches mice', usually a cat or other animal kept to chase mice away.