rug rat

slang

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of rug rat Third row seats are best left for rug rats, or folded. cleveland, 22 Feb. 2020 Your standard maternal protagonist is not dropping a trail of pacifiers behind her, swilling goblets of red wine the minute her rug rats are in bed, and secretly vaping in the linen closet? Chloe Schama, Vogue, 14 May 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rug rat
Noun
  • Some read with preschoolers at Dixie Manor, a public housing complex.
    Jessica Tzikas, Sun Sentinel, 16 July 2025
  • Denver’s drop-in center will have two classrooms — one for babies and toddlers and one for preschoolers — and a separate play area.
    Ann Schimke, Denver Post, 9 July 2025
Noun
  • There was no movement on setting limits for THC potency, no requirement to test for contamination and no mandate to keep these products out of the hands of minors.
    Brian Hopkins, Chicago Tribune, 14 July 2025
  • Parents must sign registration agreements for minors.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • Instead of feeling supported, adolescents may start to believe that there’s something wrong with them, rather than recognizing it as something understandable, that deserves empathy.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
  • The new analysis concludes that about 8.4 million U.S. adolescents — or nearly 33% — have prediabetes.
    CBS News, CBS News, 11 July 2025
Noun
  • Moore’s rising fifth grader and her son, a rising kindergartner, are on the wait list at Queen’s Grant Community School.
    Abby Pender, Charlotte Observer, 26 June 2025
  • According to an obituary, the kindergartner had two siblings and had a love for some of life’s simplest and purest joys.
    Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 25 June 2025
Noun
  • Tempest, grateful for his schoolboy French, paused to talk to her.
    Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 13 July 2025
  • The four-part series followed a 13-year-old schoolboy named Jamie Miller (Owen Cooper) who was arrested after a girl in his school was murdered.
    Dory Jackson, People.com, 20 June 2025
Noun
  • In a Monday statement, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong said China and Japan were working toward a constructive and stable relationship, and expressed his regret over the death of the Japanese schoolchild.
    Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2024
  • Louisiana just enthusiastically passed a law designed to convert every schoolchild in the state to Christianity.
    Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 24 June 2024
Noun
  • Blake’s parents, wife and infant daughter are joining him, while Swanson mentioned his whole family is tagging along.
    Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 14 July 2025
  • This program sequenced the genomes of 100,000 infants to screen for over 200 rare, treatable genetic conditions.
    William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • So, the $1,000 grant is really just a redistribution from taxpayers and lenders to newborns, which is neutral in terms of efficiency.
    James Broughel, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
  • For parents already stretched thin, especially in households with newborns, this device can take on a sizable mental and physical load.
    Nia Bowers, USA Today, 8 July 2025

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“Rug rat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rug%20rat. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.

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