"brass rat" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-brass rat.ogg [Australia] Forms: brass rats [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} brass rat (plural brass rats)
  1. (slang) A class ring bearing the image of a beaver, worn by graduates of MIT. Wikipedia link: MIT class ring Tags: slang
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