Lexic.us

Definition of Rat terrier

1. Noun. Any of several breeds of terrier developed to catch rats.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rat Terrier

Literary usage of Rat terrier

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Thunderbolts: Comprising Most Earnest Reasonings, Delightful Narratives by Sam Porter Jones (1895)
"He is a lively dog, and I took him home and turned him in the yard with the rat terrier. And the boys told me sometime ago: "Papa, Prince"—that is the water ..."

2. The Cultivator by New York State Agricultural Society (1857)
"If Mr. JM PARKER cannot find a rat terrier, and can find a thoroughbred bull terrier, he will do as well, as he will have a dog of ail vark. ..."

3. Nature Study Lessons for Primary Grades by Lida Brown McMurry (1905)
"One has a rat-terrier. How many have seen one ? (Probably all.) How does a rat-terrier help us ? (Catches rats.) How is it that he can catch rats better ..."

4. Special Method in Natural Science for the First Four Grades of the Common School by Charles Alexander McMurry (1899)
"Ralph has a rat-terrier. How many have seen one? (Probably all.) How does a rat-terrier help us? (Catches rats.) How is it that he can catch rats better ..."

5. Special Method in Natural Science for the First Four Grades of the Common School by Charles Alexander McMurry (1899)
"Ralph has a rat-terrier. How many have seen one? (Probably all.) How does a rat-terrier help us? (Catches rats.) How is it that he can catch rats better ..."

6. Reindeer, Dogs, and Snow-shoes: A Journal of Siberian Travel and by Richard James Bush (1871)
"There were two little dogs on board, one of which was the homeliest conceivable specimen of a rat terrier, dressed in a gray jacket, and trained to perform ..."

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