"wharf rat" meaning in All languages combined

See wharf rat on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-wharf rat.ogg Forms: wharf rats [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} wharf rat (plural wharf rats)
  1. A brown rat; especially, one that lives among wharves.
    Sense id: en-wharf_rat-en-noun-GT64chuP Categories (other): English links with manual fragments
  2. (slang) A neglected boy who lives around the wharfs. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-wharf_rat-en-noun-AP2OtIHK Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 50 50
  3. (slang) A man who hangs around a wharf in the hope of finding temporary work there. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-wharf_rat-en-noun-J7HzD6t6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Murids, People Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 23 59 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 13 76 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 22 59 Disambiguation of Murids: 18 21 61 Disambiguation of People: 0 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: mall rat, rink rat, day laborer

Inflected forms

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