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Ratcatcher is informal attire worn when fox hunting and consists primarily of a tweed jacket with tan breeches . Other specific items of clothing, forming part of the "uniform," might be prescribed by individual hunting clubs. It is possible that the term ...
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n. 1 One who catches rats; particularly one who does so professionally. 2 (context British English) insult, not widely used nowadays but made popular by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespeare in ''http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romeo%20and%20Juliet''.
Usage examples of ratcatcher.
Many a ratcatcher has become a millionaire by selling his dead rats to the Factory.
De Lisle was about to fly out again, but had decided to call the officers of Operation Ratcatcher together for a last, informal meeting.
It could have meant anything from District of Columbia ratcatcher to Bureau of Inland Revenue.
The fair-weather hunters wanted to trot around in their lovely ratcatcher kits, so the sunshine appealed to them.
If you will excuse me, I must make sure my orders for ratcatchers and poison baits are being carried out.
He introduces us to fighting men, jockeys, thieves, and ratcatchers, without our running any risk of contamination.
Professional ratcatchers ferreted the bank once or twice, and filled their iron cages.
Gath had only ever met six gnomes in his life, the royal ratcatchers in Krasnegar: Pish, Tush, Heug, Phewf, and their two tiny babies, who could lie on his hands.
When one recognizes that the owner of a sporting pub with a well-attended rat pit might buy two thousand rats a week--- and a good country rat could fetch as much as a shilling--- it is not surprising that many individuals made a living as ratcatchers.
And then the ratcatchers had gone, dragging the other humans with them, and Maurice wondered: where, in this maze of cellars, is a Maurice-sized hole?
You didn't rise to membership of the Inner Circle of the Guild of Ratcatchers without hearing a few whispered rumours.