ratbag

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

rat +‎ bag

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈɹæt.bæɡ/
  • Audio (AU)(file)
  • Hyphenation: rat‧bag

Noun[edit]

ratbag (plural ratbags)

  1. (slang) A despicable person.
    Then he went and sneaked on me to my boss. What a ratbag!
  2. (Australia, New Zealand, slang, sometimes endearing) A mischievous person, especially a child.
    • 1986, Ursula Woodhouse, A very rich ratbag‎[1]:
      He says he was a ratbag at school and the entire teaching staff hated him except the English and economics teachers.

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