mouser

Example Sentences

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Larry the cat, the UK's most famous feline, marks 15 years on Sunday as the country's chief mouser patrolling the corridors of power around number 10 Downing Street.

From Barron's • Feb. 15, 2026

Palmerston, the former "chief mouser" of the Foreign Office, has died in Bermuda.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026

I wrote about Charlie in The Backstory, because I can truthfully state that Charlie was the best cat ever, and the best mouser ever.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 3, 2023

He also developed an antagonistic relationship with the Foreign Office’s own mouser, Palmerston, who has since retired from public duty.

From New York Times • Sep. 6, 2022

Her name wasn’t a compliment so much as a joke; as a mouser, she was a calamity.

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby