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rat-catcher

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rat⋅catch⋅er

[rat-kach-er]
–noun
1. a person, animal, or thing that catches and exterminates rats, esp. a person whose business it is to rid a property of rats.
2. Chiefly British. an informal fox-hunting costume, as a tweed jacket and tan riding breeches.

Origin:
1585–95; rat + catcher
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rat-catcher

noun
a workman employed to destroy or drive away vermin 
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