| 单词 | wharf rat |
| 例句 | And each jammed with Irish Catholics who, it was said, bred like wharf rats. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z “You’re wetter than a wharf rat,” he says, but she just mutters, “Keep watching...keep watching...” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z The eldest boy rose to the occasion, feeding his mother and siblings three wharf rats that he clubbed to death. The underrated genius of Steve Buscemi 2010-09-20T21:01:00Z His life in Southern California in the 1950s and early '60s sounds in many ways halcyon, full of beach gear and Volkswagen buses and wharf rats and characters with "PhDs in having fun." William Finnegan surfs the meaning of his 'Barbarian Days' 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z There is the misnamed Norway rat — also called the brown, sewer or wharf rat — actually a native from northern China or Mongolia. Rats in Seattle: They’re creepy, clever and everywhere, but there is help 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z Soon, these “wharf rats,” among the region’s poorest and most exploited workers, became “lords of the docks,” commanding the highest wages and best conditions of any blue-collar worker in the region. Martin Luther King Jr., union man 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z Like many children in fishing villages, O'Brien was a "wharf rat", making pocket money cutting out and selling cod tongues by the dozen or the pound. Can cod comeback keep a Canadian fishery afloat? - BBC News 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z Campbell’s daughter Charlotte, a wharf rat, was often aboard. Seattle’s waterfront became less about work and more about entertainment in the 1960s 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z All members of the genus Rattus are banned from the province, but Alberta is especially alert for one species: the brown rat, also known as the wharf rat, sewer rat, and Norway rat. On the front lines of humanity’s high-tech, global war on rats 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z From a 70-foot tower, and a boat named Patrol, the police kept watch on wharf rats, saboteurs, pirates and freebooters. Envisioned for Decades, a Revival of a Manhattan Pier Is Complete 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z He, Alex., had sneaked on board, like a veritable wharf rat, and the husky negro had been fully justified in taking him into custody! The River Motor Boat Boys on the Mississippi On the Trail to the Gulf 2012-01-20T03:00:10.933Z He is a wharf rat at Quebec, and is being used by these outlaws to further their treacherous ends. The River Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence The Lost Channel 2012-01-02T03:00:21.167Z Contents.—Drought.—Panama gold.—The yellow one.—The wharf rats.—The palm porch.—Subjection.—The beach pin.—The white snake.—The vampire bat.—Tropic death. The Negro in the United States; a selected bibliography. Compiled by Dorothy B. Porter 2011-05-05T02:00:18.267Z Whole regiments of "wharf rats" from New Orleans and Mobile, as ugly and disgusting as they were vicious, would come at once, now and then, to "give old Brownlow a turn," as they expressed it. Portrait and Biography of Parson Brownlow, The Tennessee Patriot 2011-02-01T03:00:12.910Z In Terry's general appearance there was nothing at first sight to distinguish him from any of the other "wharf rats" who were his constant companions. Terry's Trials and Triumphs He had joined the ragamuffins along shore, a swarm of wharf rats that knew no more about their fathers than the homeless dogs who went with them on their raids. Mayflower (Flor de mayo) A Tale of the Valencian Seashore “No danger of one of those wharf rats getting drowned,” Fontenelle laughed. The River Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence The Lost Channel 2012-01-02T03:00:21.167Z That such did not happen, showed that the disgrace was not keenly felt, by reason of the social state from which the soldier sprung, something on the New Orleans "wharf rat", order. A History of Lumsden's Battery, C.S.A. I fancy that scores of men, wharf rats, who had looted wholesale liquor houses and were maudlin drunk, were burned to death without being the wiser, because of their condition.” Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror Yet they are so precocious and resourceful that they generally are able to take care of themselves, and so become flower girls, news girls, wharf rats, etc. Danger! A True History of a Great City's Wiles and Temptations The Veil Lifted, and Light Thrown on Crime and its Causes, and Criminals and their Haunts. Facts and Disclosures. "Yes and we were compelled to exchange our perfectly good uniforms for some old rags that would disgrace a wharf rat!" was Ned's indignant response. Boy Scouts Mysterious Signal or Perils of the Black Bear Patrol And when I find him, there’ll be one wharf rat less on the docks.” The River Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence The Lost Channel 2012-01-02T03:00:21.167Z I wouldn't ask for anything better than a turn with these wharf rats if it weren't for the ladies. The Pirate of Panama A Tale of the Fight for Buried Treasure Now the uncontrolled swarms of men and women—especially the wharf rats at Rockett's where the navy storehouses were—seized the liquor and became more and more maddened by it. Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death Sometimes these wharf rats are captured in the act, when fierce fights ensue. Danger! A True History of a Great City's Wiles and Temptations The Veil Lifted, and Light Thrown on Crime and its Causes, and Criminals and their Haunts. Facts and Disclosures. Nearly two-thirds of the boys have been bootblacks, the remainder mostly ‘wharf rats.’ Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City “He’d have a flock of wharf rats around us in about two minutes.” The River Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence The Lost Channel 2012-01-02T03:00:21.167Z He's worth half a dozen of these wharf rats. The Pirate of Panama A Tale of the Fight for Buried Treasure The Hannah was a river boat and not a dive for wharf rats. The Yukon Trail A Tale of the North We have none of your meek little wharf rats here. Le Petit Nord or, Annals of a Labrador Harbour Two unusually big cats and two dogs all bound to kill rats were fighting these fierce wharf rats. Billy Whiskers' Adventures “Oh, well,” Alex replied, “if he starts anything we’ll get out all right in spite of him, and in spite of his wharf rats.” The River Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence The Lost Channel 2012-01-02T03:00:21.167Z One night I put my plain clothes on and spent the night with the "wharf rats" on the banks of the Thames. From the Bottom Up The Life Story of Alexander Irvine "Hell, no; plain New Orleans wharf rats, the scouring of the Seven Seas." Gordon Craig Soldier of Fortune European wharf rats, introduced about San Francisco, have spread the plague to the ground squirrels, and the gophers, rabbits, field mice, and other rodents are now being infected. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada But what made the battle such a bloody one was that wharf rats are braver than house rats and will fight to the death when attacked. Billy Whiskers' Adventures At last one of the toughs received a blow which, apparently, forced him inside the alcove, then the whole crowd rushed in, swarming over Alex and Case like the wharf rats they were. The River Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence The Lost Channel 2012-01-02T03:00:21.167Z To our surprise that evil-looking wharf rat smiled and waved his hand reassuringly, then took the old woman by the arm to show her where the coin had fallen. African Camp Fires The soldiers called them "wharf rats," "sailors," "longshoremen," "cutthroats," and "gutter snipes." History of Kershaw's Brigade Do you reckon I'm a-goin' to sit quiet here for a week an' let any blanked wharf rat own that there fo'c's'le just because I got a lot o' white-livered cowards aboard? The Mucker "Oh, they are only wharf rats," replied Tiger. Billy Whiskers' Adventures The sound of running feet came out and in a moment the officer and the two boys were surrounded by the wharf rats who had been in the restaurant. The River Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence The Lost Channel 2012-01-02T03:00:21.167Z Nearly two thirds of the boys have been boot-blacks, the remainder mostly what are technically known as 'wharf rats.' The Secrets of the Great City There was a general warfare declared on the wharf rat in prison. History of Kershaw's Brigade Fierce wharf rats, rising from their dens, dispute with men, women and children the right to the shelves above the water line. The Man in Gray He was born right here in Trumet and his family was common as wharf rats. Cap'n Dan's Daughter He chewed up two wharf rats back there, according to all accounts, and I’m going in to tell the sergeant, and to ask the captain to give him a medal. The River Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence The Lost Channel 2012-01-02T03:00:21.167Z I may be a heavy autumn frost as a financier," the younger man remarked, "but when it comes to women I'm as wise as a wharf rat. The Silver Horde He is usually defended by first-class criminal lawyers, and his wharf rat companions seem to be very desirable witnesses for him.” The River Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence The Lost Channel 2012-01-02T03:00:21.167Z We saw that wharf rat, Max, in the forest and I started away to follow him. The River Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence The Lost Channel 2012-01-02T03:00:21.167Z That’s Max, the wharf rat, the cable cutter, the motor destroyer. The River Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence The Lost Channel 2012-01-02T03:00:21.167Z That wharf rat of a Max is just like a snake. The River Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence The Lost Channel 2012-01-02T03:00:21.167Z “Did you say the dog ate a couple of wharf rats back there?” asked the officer, turning to the diminishing crowd. The River Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence The Lost Channel 2012-01-02T03:00:21.167Z The wharf rats will eat it up before morning, plank by plank!” The River Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence The Lost Channel 2012-01-02T03:00:21.167Z |
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