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ratteen

American  
[ra-teen] / ræˈtin /

noun

Obsolete.

  1. an obsolete variant of ratiné.

ratteen British  
/ ræˈtiːn /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of ratine

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We'll rig from Meath Street Egypt's haughty queen And Antony shall court her in ratteen.

From The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 1 by Browning, William Ernst

When he was figuring at Boswell's dinner in Old Bond Street in the "ratteen suit lined with satin, and bloom-coloured silk breeches," the clothes belonged to his tailor, and remained unpaid till his death.

From Thrift by Smiles, Samuel

Rattinet, rat-ti-net′, n. a thin variety of ratteen.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

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