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mall rat

mall rat

/ mɔːl /

noun

  1. slang.
    a youngster who spends much of his or her time in shopping malls
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Example Sentences

The term “mall rat” was crafted in 1982 in the Chicago Sun-Times, per the Oxford English Dictionary.

It was where kids stocked up on the latest fashions and roamed in packs after school, spawning the term “mall rat.”

Yes, I was a teenage mall rat.

When the camera pans up, he's pointing to a Sbarro — a pizza chain that once occupied a slot at the top of the mall rat food pyramid.

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