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river rat † Lumbering, Slang

• a man who takes part in the process of floating or driving logs.

  See also: driver (def. 1)  

  • 1917  (1942)  So leap away you river rats,
    From landin' down to sluice;
    There's logs to run,
    there's peavey fun
    To break the timber loose.