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ratten
English
Etymology
From Provincial English ratten (“rat”), i.e. to do mischief like a rat.
Verb
ratten (third-person singular simple present rattens, present participle rattening, simple past and past participle rattened)
- (obsolete, Northern England) To sabotage machinery or tools as part of an industrial dispute, particularly the tools of a workman who went against the union.
- 1867, Report Presented to the Trades Unions Commissioners by the Examiners Appointed to Inquire Into Acts of Intimidation, Outrage, Or Wrong Alleged to Have Been Promoted, Encouraged, Or Connived at by Trades Unions in the Town of Sheffield, Great Britain. Royal Commission on Trades Unions. G.E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoode, 1867. p. 225:
- Did you also employ them to ratten people if they had broken any rules of your society, for instance, by having too many apprentices?
- 1947, Ivor John Carnegie Brown, Say The Word, p 100:
- […] derived from the sabot or shoe beneath railway lines. The saboteur was thus a remover of metal shoes, a train-wrecker. I must leave it at that. Meanwhile why not restore ratten to its old place in the Trade Union vocabulary, that is if, in these times of scant, we must endure any such wanton hindrance of the works?
- 1867, Report Presented to the Trades Unions Commissioners by the Examiners Appointed to Inquire Into Acts of Intimidation, Outrage, Or Wrong Alleged to Have Been Promoted, Encouraged, Or Connived at by Trades Unions in the Town of Sheffield, Great Britain. Royal Commission on Trades Unions. G.E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoode, 1867. p. 225:
Anagrams
- Arnett, attern, natter, tarten, treant
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?t?n
Noun
ratten
- Plural form of rat
Anagrams
- natter, tarten
Middle English
Verb
ratten
- to tear apart
- 1402, "The Reply of Friar Daw Topias":
- renden and ratyn
- 1402, "The Reply of Friar Daw Topias":
References
- “ratten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Swedish
Noun
ratten
- definite singular of ratt
Anagrams
- tanter, tentar
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ratter
English
Alternative forms
- rattener (rare)
Etymology
rat +? -er
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -æt?(r)
Noun
ratter (plural ratters)
- Anything which catches rats, especially a dog trained to catch them; a rat terrier.
- One who rats; a traitor; a deserter.
Anagrams
- Tarter, tarter
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
ratter
- present tense of ratte
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