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rattler

noun as in freight train

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There actually were 20 snakes — five adult western diamondback rattlers and 15 babies.

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Many controllers call the schedule “the rattler” because like the snake, it has a nasty bite.

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I do not have an inordinate fear of snakes, not even rattlers.

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The ends of the rainbows touched down in the rolling fields below me, no place green enough to hide a leprechaun but a fair swap for living with rattlers.

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On more than one occasion he's found himself under a house or a trailer in the wee hours of darkness tracking down a copperhead or rattler that needs to be moved.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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