ratsbane
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of ratsbane
Example Sentences
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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 Daniel Defoe
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 William Shakespeare
The possessive case and its governing noun, combining to form a literal name, may be joined together without either hyphen or apostrophe: as, tradesman, ratsbane, doomsday, kinswoman, craftsmaster.
From The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown
It wanted three half-hours to midnight, as Alexander sat amid traps and ratsbane in his chamber in the Vatican, under the protection of two enormous cats and a British terrier.
From The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales by Richard Garnett
You want a patent or a privilege for your ratsbane?
From The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales by Richard Garnett
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