"rat pack" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-rat pack.ogg [Australia] Forms: rat packs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} rat pack (plural rat packs)
  1. (UK, military, slang) A ration pack. Tags: UK, slang Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-rat_pack-en-noun-i-hQw6zT Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Topics: government, military, politics, war
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Audio: En-au-rat pack.ogg [Australia] Forms: rat packs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} rat pack (plural rat packs)
  1. (US, dated, slang) A juvenile criminal gang. Tags: US, dated, slang
    Sense id: en-rat_pack-en-noun-2jALYsWv Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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