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desert rat in British English
noun
1.
a jerboa, Jaculus orientalis, inhabiting the deserts of N Africa
2. British informal
a soldier who served in North Africa with the British 7th Armoured Division in 1941–42
desert rat in American English
noun
1.
any of various small rodents, as the kangaroo rat, inhabiting arid regions
2. chiefly Western U.S.
one who lives in the desert, esp. in order to prospect for gold or other valuable minerals
3. informal
a soldier fighting in the N African desert in World War II, esp. a British soldier
Word origin
[1905–10, Amer.]This word is first recorded in the period 1905–10. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: one-shot, push-up, revolving door, thiamine, white listImage ofdesert rat
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