What does ratton mean?
Ratton means (now Northern England, Scotland, Ireland) A rat..
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/ˈɹatən/ · noun
(now Northern England, Scotland, Ireland) A rat..
“A Yorkshire burr,” he affirmed, “was as much better than a Cockney’s lisp, as a bull's bellow than a ratton’s squeak.”
To dark is still used in Swaledale (Yorkshire) in the sense of to lie hid, as, 'Te rattens [rats] mun ha bin darkin whel nu [till now]; we hannot heerd tem tis last fortnith'.
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Ratton means (now Northern England, Scotland, Ireland) A rat..
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“A Yorkshire burr,” he affirmed, “was as much better than a Cockney’s lisp, as a bull's bellow than a ratton’s squeak.”
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