ratsbane
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of ratsbane
Example Sentences
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For my own part, I would as lief they would put ratsbane in my mouth as the ‘excellency’ with which I am daily crammed.
From Patrick Henry by Tyler, Moses Coit
I had as lief they would put ratsbane in my mouth as offer to stop it with security.
From The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by Shakespeare, William
All possible endeavours were used also to destroy the mice and rats, especially the latter, by laying ratsbane and other poisons for them, and a prodigious multitude of them were also destroyed.
From A Journal of the Plague Year, written by a citizen who continued all the while in London by Defoe, Daniel
Oh! when I remember that, while I sit here in comfort, perhaps my poor boy lies dead in some savage place, and all along of that girl: there, her very name is ratsbane to me.
From The Cloister and the Hearth by Reade, Charles
You want a patent or a privilege for your ratsbane?
From The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales by Garnett, Richard
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