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tunnel rat
noun- a US soldier who explored Viet Cong tunnels and underground networks US
- The platoon tunnel rat. Lavery leaned down next to the tunnel entrance, cupped his hands around his mouth, and shouted, “Chieu Hoi!” — Larry Heinemann, Close Quarters, p. 65, 1977
- Captain Herbert Thornton was the first of the new tunnel rats. — Tom Mangold, The Tunnels of Cu Chi, p. 102, 1985
- Kolosowski, 36, a small, wiry man, had been a Marine “tunnel rat” – one of a few men of small stature who explored the labyrinth of underground caverns dug by the Viet Cong. — The Houston Chronicle, 27 October 1989
- The tunnel rats were able to crawl down into holes that were no more than 36 inches wide and possibly four feet high. — Paul Morgan, The Parrot’s Beak, p. 28, 2000
- a police officer working for the New York Transit Bureau US, 1997
New York police slang. - Tunnel Rats: NYPD Transit Bureau. — Samuel Katz, NYPD, 1995
- Rosato is a former tunnel rat who worked the lovely-smelling confines of New York subway stations and trains. — Samuel M. Katz, Anytime Anywhere, p. 245, 1997
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