region rat

短语

词形变化

region rats 复数 region rats

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    an inhabitant of northwest Indiana

    非正式

    Paula Evans, author of The Isle of Iona, was born in Gary, Indiana, named for Elbert Gary of judiciary fame (with apologies to Meredith Willson). She has accepted her fate as a lifelong Hoosier and Region Rat.

词源

From region + rat. Within Indiana, the northwest of the state is colloquially called the Region, originally short for the Calumet Region. The ‘rat’ appellation apparently derives from millrat as a pejorative term for steelworkers.

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