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Meanings of rat terrier in English

Russian
рэт-терьер
Portuguese
rat terrier
Catalan
rat terrier
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Dog breed.

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рэт-терьер

Any of several breeds of terrier developed to catch rats.

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Examples for "ratter"
Examples for "ratter"
1
You wouldn't believe what a good cat, a prime ratter, fetches these days.
To the blight: the eye of the world
2
And Fan, the champion ratter, with her fifty off the reel.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, April 11, 1917
3
Grey cat called Snooky who was a good ratter even with his balls cut off.
A singular man
4
Both breeds are from China, but the Chinese Crested was used as a ratter on ships.
Wired
5
When properly entered he cannot be surpassed as a "ratter."
Dogs and All about Them
Usage of rat terrier in English
1
Hamilton walked over to Lickle, trailed by Buster, his rat terrier.
The wave: in pursuit of the rogues, freaks and giants of the oce...
2
Terry is a rat terrier with a mischievous nature not dissimilar to her owner's.
The Guardian
3
I thought sure he'd floor the boy an' me not quite loaded, but Jack were as spry as a rat terrier.
In the Days of Poor Richard
4
The one on the left was the older of the two, a thin, dark man with the look of a rat terrier.
Temperance Brennan 01 - Déjà Dead
5
A few rat terriers in the Dedicates' Keep handled the job.
Chaosbound
6
Rat Terriers are very portable, and easy to train, and they love to be with their people.
Wired
7
Newfoundland Pups and Rat Terrier Pups.
Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 1, January 5, 1884. / A Weekly Jour...
8
Rat terriers weren't in it.
Songs of love and death: all-original tales of star-crossed love
9
His entry was hailed by a chorus of barking from dogs of all sorts and sizes, from the bulldog down to the ratting terrier.
Colonel Thorndyke's Secret
10
" Rat terriers," the scarred soldier said.
Once
Translations for rat terrier
Portuguese
rat terrier