rat-catcher
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- noun
- /ˈrætˌkætʃər/
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raticida
- As a rat-catcher, he spends his nights setting traps to keep the city free of vermin.
Examples
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The Vietnamese rat catchers would capture rats, lop off their tails, and then release them back into the sewers so that they could procreate and produce more rats, thereby increasing the rat catchers' revenue.
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He was a master rat catcher too.
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Why is there a rat hole in a rat-catchers' building?
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Like, figure out how to get you two past the rat-catchers.
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Oh what, like a rat catcher?
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You're just a rat catcher.
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Ooh, you, and now, Ravenhurst, you rat-catcher.
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You, my dear fellows, are the best rat catchers around and you've done a great job, of course you have.
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But if history is any indication, no amount of money nor skill of rat catcher will ever fully rid us of our rodent shadows.
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The Vietnamese rat catchers would capture rats, lop off their tails, and then release them back into the sewers so that they could procreate and produce more rats, thereby increasing the rat catchers' revenue.
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Synonyms
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6.8
A person who gets rid of pests like rats and insects in buildings
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A person who catches and removes rats from houses and streets
A person who removes pests like rats or insects using sprays and traps
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word rat-catcher is made from rat ('the animal') and catcher ('one who catches'), so it literally means a person whose job is to catch and kill rats. Think of an old town worker walking the streets with traps to keep homes and markets free of rats.