Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A pocket-gopher of the genus Thomomys, found in sandy places in the western coast-region of North America; the camass-rat.
- noun A molder in an iron-foundry. Also called
sand-puncher .
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Examples
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The Girdi ( "sand-rat") had ceased to burrow the banks; but the jerboa had made regular rabbit-warrens.
The Land of Midian — Volume 2 Richard Francis Burton 1855
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"No, by gosh! not enough to make a drink for a sand-rat."
The Scalp Hunters Mayne Reid 1850
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"Thur's no time to be wasted, then, cap; if Dacoma's men makes thur appearance, all I've been a-sayin 'won't be worth the skin o' a sand-rat."
The Scalp Hunters Mayne Reid 1850
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(“sand-rat”) had ceased to burrow the banks; but the jerboa had made regular rabbit-warrens.
The Land of Midian 2003
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