rotter
a thoroughly bad, worthless, or objectionable person.
Origin of rotter
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How to use rotter in a sentence
But at the Abbey I met some people who were supposed to be religious, and they were pretty good rotters.
Sinister Street, vol. 1 | Compton MackenzieSomehow I knew that I must speak, that I must arouse slackers, and tell rotters about what is going on.
My War Experiences in Two Continents | Sarah MacnaughtanWe don't want 'em to get as far as the semi-finals, and it's up to you chaps to play your heads off and beat these rotters!
Fore! | Charles Emmett Van Loan"Not without feeling rather—well, rotters and outsiders," said Sinclair regretfully.
Confound him, he persists in saying I'm all right, but God deliver him from those demmed rotters, the American builders.
The Husbands of Edith | George Barr McCutcheon
British Dictionary definitions for rotter
/ (ˈrɒtə) /
slang, mainly British a worthless, unpleasant, or despicable person
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