1858 E. C. Gaskell xiv. 76/1 The house is overrun with mice, which is just as fortunate for me as the King of Egypt's rat-ridden kingdom was to Dick Whittington.
1996 I. Sandler iv. 157 Lanigan-Schmidt's works do not embody only a beatific vision. They also represent and condemn evil, exemplified by the rat-ridden The Preying Hands.