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How to sign: any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse
Categories: gnawer, gnawing animal, rodent
Within this category: bandicoot rat, black rat, brown rat, jerboa rat, pocket rat, rice rat
How to sign: a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
"only a rotter would do that"; "kill the rat"; "throw the bum out"; "you cowardly little pukes!"; "the British call a contemptible person a `git'";
Similiar / Same: rotter, dirty dog, skunk, stinker, stinkpot, bum, puke, lowlife, scum bag, so-and-so, git, crumb
Categories: disagreeable person, unpleasant person
How to sign: someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike
Similiar / Same: scab, strikebreaker, blackleg
Categories: worker
How to sign: give away information about somebody
"He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam";
Similiar / Same: tell on, snitch, denounce, give away, betray
Categories: inform
Within this category: sell out
How to sign: one who reveals confidential information in return for money
Similiar / Same: informer, betrayer, squealer, blabber
Within this category: fink, nark, supergrass
