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English
Etymology
From rat + bag.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɹæt.bæɡ/
- Hyphenation: rat‧bag
Noun
ratbag (plural ratbags)
- (slang) A despicable person.
Then he went and sneaked on me to my boss. What a ratbag!
- (Australia, New Zealand, slang, sometimes endearing) A mischievous person, especially a child.
1986, Ursula Woodhouse, A very rich ratbag: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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