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Meanings of rotter in English

Portuguese
fulano
Catalan
cabró
Spanish
perro

A person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible.

fulano
Usage of rotter in English
1
Right behind the first rotter was a second, pushing its way higher.
Boneshaker
2
He and Horace always thought I was a rotter and an outsider.
The Second Honeymoon
3
You make problems in here, and you'll be rotter shit before dawn.
Boneshaker
4
Nobody but a cad and a rotter would have done anything else.
The Tree of Heaven
5
Was that why she was off giggling with that rotter Teasdale again?
Too wicked to kiss
6
What a total rotter he is, she said, and he laughed again.
Impossible
7
But one can think anybody a rotter without hating them, can't one?
Beyond
8
If the rotter had bitten through the dense material, there wasn't much time.
Boneshaker
9
A regular rotter; that man is about as bad as they make 'em.
Esther Waters
10
The fellow was a rotter-hewas sure of it, had always been sure.
Beyond
11
I wish I could help you, but I can't; I am a rotter.
Dear Brutus
12
Father was not the rotter that Uncle John thinks he was.
The Man Who Knew
13
I dare say you would think Murray a rotter if you met him.
This Is the End
14
He felt himself a perfect rotter beside her innocent whole-hearted surrender.
The Second Honeymoon
15
Forbes claimed to have seen Fred, and said he looked like a rotter.
Kathleen
16
He was a harmless sort of rotter, if you awsk me.
A Thief in the Night: A Book of Raffles' Adventures
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Translations for rotter
Portuguese
fulano
Spanish
perro
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