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1. someone who lives near wharves and lives by pilfering from ships or warehouses

2. brown rat that infests wharves

1. : brown rat

2. : a person who loafs or sometimes lives around wharves sometimes with intent to steal from ships or warehouses

1. a large brown rat that is commonly found on wharves.

2. a person who lives or loiters near wharves, often existing by pilfering from ships or warehouses.

[1815-25, Amer.]

wharf rat noun

1. The common brown rat

2. Someone who hangs about a wharf

Main Entry: ↑wharf

wharf rat,

1. the common brown rat when living in or about a wharf.

2. Informal, Figurative. a man or boy, without regular or ostensible occupation, who loafs about wharves.