1845 J. T. Smith 305 Porridge Island consisted of a nest of old rat-deserted houses.
1900 9 Sept. 12/2 The Swede went along in the rat-deserted schooner, with what luck is not yet known.
2001 L. Forrest 103 How could you know how you got started even though i cherished the thought that out of the long lostness, out of the rat deserted nothingness,..i could be blessed to be the father of a prophet.