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desert rat noun any longtime resident of any desert area, especially, in modern usage, Las Vegas, Nevada US, 1907- These confirmed desert dwellers are called “desert rats” and they wouldn’t give up their carefree life in the sun for anything. — San Francisco Examiner, p. 1, 22 March 1964
- In the early days of Vegas an old desert rat collapsed outside a small-town casino. — Mario Puzo, Inside Las Vegas, p. 327, 1977
- — Maledicta, p. 156, Summer/Winter 1978: “How to hate thy neighbor: a guide to racist maledicta”
- — John Vorhaus, The Big Book of Poker Slang, p. 13, 1996
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