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発音

• 韻: -ɒtə(ɹ)

名詞

rotter (複数形 rotters)

1. (slang) A despicable, worthless person; a scoundrel.
   • 1988 July 26, Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes (comic):

     Calvin could be anywhere in this zoo. I hope he at least has the sense to stay put, wherever he is. Where would the little rotter go if he was lost and separated from his stuffed toy?

   • 1908 August, George A. Birmingham [pseudonym; James Owen Hannay], chapter VII, in Spanish Gold, 2nd edition, London: Methuen & Co. […], published September 1908, →OCLC, page 76:

     Some Johnny with brains produces a hypothesis. Everybody calls him a rotter at first. But he remains calm in the face of opprobrium.

アナグラム

• Rotert, retort