After seeing this trick with blocks and toys, children saw it performed with a hamster.
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And in item 6c I get to list my dependents—three children, four dogs, six laying hens, two goldfish, and a hamster.
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Kim Jong Un, a hamster in the snake pit of the regime, has just created a new adversary.
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Sure, it's a billion times more than the first computer had, but it's still not much more than the computing power of a hamster.
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German Hamster: Cricetus cricetus, the black-bellied hamster.
The Rambles of a Rat|A. L. O. E.
He asked the Hamster to take him there at once, for, here, his heart was breaking with grief.
Little Tom|V. Tille
There are various kinds of rats, and one of these is the Hamster, of the genus Cricetus of Cuvier.
Ten Thousand Wonderful Things|Edmund Fillingham King
"Gopher," "pouched rat," "hamster," and "muelos" are some of the titles by which he is locally known.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, Vol. 56, March 1900|Various
This ferocious disposition prevents the hamster from being at peace with any animal whatever.
Ten Thousand Wonderful Things|Edmund Fillingham King
British Dictionary definitions for hamster
hamster
/ (ˈhæmstə) /
noun
any Eurasian burrowing rodent of the tribe Cricetini, such as Mesocricetus auratus (golden hamster), having a stocky body, short tail, and cheek pouches: family Cricetidae. They are popular pets
Word Origin for hamster
C17: from German, from Old High German hamustro, of Slavic origin