ratan
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Arranged in this lane, at intervals, were slip nooses of ratan, which, rising above the structure, looked like skeleton arches.
From The Adventures of Piang the Moro Jungle Boy A Book for Young and Old by Stuart, Florence Partello
Round the waist they wore coils of ratan, stained red, to which their petticoats were attached.
From In the Eastern Seas by Kingston, William Henry Giles
"Speak, sir!" exclaimed Lugare, with a loud strike of his ratan on the desk.
From Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy by Whitman, Walt
In fact, there is little difference between these houses and those built by the Burmahs and other tribes in whose countries bamboo and ratan are plentiful.
From Borneo and the Indian Archipelago with drawings of costume and scenery by Marryat, Frank
Bamboo and ratan, whole or split, afford the materials for all these baskets and cages.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878. by Various
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