DESERT RAT


Meaning of DESERT RAT in English

n [ usu pl ] ( infml )

a soldier in the British 7th Armoured Division, which fought in North Africa in World War II . The Desert Rats were later among the soldiers sent to Kuwait in 1991 during the Gulf War and to Iraq in 2003.

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