Those dock rats down there are going to make life damned dangerous for foreigners in these parts during the next several months.

In every case, the dock rat signed on looked just like the seaman who had disappeared.

To continue, the dock rats raised hell and got us all in a turmoil.

The Boss now appeared, followed by one of the dock rats.

The other dock rats were evidently awake and waiting.

He glared fixedly at the dock rat who stood by the girl's bed.

So you don't interrupt those dock rats doing the loading.

It had been a ton of work for Bena and the other dock rats, as they called themselves.

No matter how good things looked, a dock rat kept an escape hole near at hand.

Even a blind dock rat could tell it wasn't her wedding day.