Usually means: Homeless person living near docks.
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We found 15 dictionaries that define the word wharf rat:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. wharf rat: Merriam-Webster
  2. wharf rat: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. wharf rat: Collins English Dictionary
  4. wharf rat: Vocabulary.com
  5. wharf-rat, wharf rat: Wordnik
  6. wharf rat: Wiktionary
  7. wharf rat: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. wharf rat: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. wharf rat: Dictionary.com
  10. Wharf rat: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. wharf rat: Rhymezone
  12. wharf rat: FreeDictionary.org
  13. wharf rat: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. wharf rat: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Wharf Rat: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See wharf_rats as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (wharf rat)

noun:  A brown rat; especially, one that lives among wharves.
noun:  (slang) A neglected boy who lives around the wharfs.
noun:  (slang) A man who hangs around a wharf in the hope of finding temporary work there.

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