river rats
Frequent kayak enthusiasts
River rats are people who live along or spend most of their time on rivers—boaters, fishermen, or those dwelling in riverside communities.
The term can be affectionate among those who embrace the lifestyle or mildly disparaging from outsiders: He's been a river rat his whole life, knows every sandbar on the Mississippi.
Also refers to the actual rodents (muskrats, nutria) found near waterways.
- wetSaturated with liquid
- bankPlace holding deposits
- pestHarmful creature or nag
- waterfrontLand beside navigable waters
- floating dockBuoyant mooring platform
muskrat · ferryman · bargeman · scavenging · beaver · dockworker · waterways · muddy waters · otter · kayaker · canoeist · hide · tributaries · mammals · scurry · burrow · rodents · boats
river ratsthe upper class
Wealthy, privileged social stratum
high society · the elite · country club set · old money · socialites
river ratslandlubbers
Non-seafaring people, derisively
land dwellers · inlanders · landsmen · city slickers · desert dwellers
river ratscity slickers
Urban dwellers, countryside-naive
suburbanites · urbanites · desert rats · plainsmen · highlanders
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