wharf rat

Noun

Meaning

A brown rat.

(slang) A neglected boy who lives around the wharfs.

(slang) A man who hangs around a wharf in the hope of finding temporary work there.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Norway rat brown rat sewer rat roof rat

Norway rat pilferer brown rat snitcher Rattus norvegicus

mall rat rink rat

wharf wharf borer wharf labourer wharfage Wharfe Wharfedale