ratan
Americannoun
noun
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Each should be furnished with a garland of flowers fastened to ratan three feet long; these must be held in the hands of the ladies, making a complete network of flowers.
From Home Pastimes; or Tableaux Vivants by James H. Head
Round the waist they wore coils of ratan, stained red, to which their petticoats were attached.
From In the Eastern Seas by William Henry Giles Kingston
Some of the magnificent volute shells were employed as baskets; while gigantic helmet shells, suspended by ratan handles, formed the vessels in which fresh water was brought from house to house.
From In the Eastern Seas by William Henry Giles Kingston
He now secured his torch to the end of another piece of ratan, eight or ten yards long, with his chopping-knife fastened by a short rope.
From In the Eastern Seas by William Henry Giles Kingston
To do so I coiled it round a stick, and secured it with a piece of thin ratan.
From In the Eastern Seas by William Henry Giles Kingston
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