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rotter
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun rotter has 1 sense
- rotter(n = noun.person) bum, crumb, dirty dog, git, lowlife, puke, rat, scum bag, skunk, so-and-so, stinker, stinkpot - a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible; "only a rotter would do that"; "kill the rat"; "throw the bum out"; "you cowardly little pukes!"; "the British call a contemptible person a `git'" is a kind of disagreeable person, unpleasant person
OXFORD DICTIONARY
rotter, n. esp. Brit. sl. an objectionable, unpleasant, or reprehensible person.
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