ratteen
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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It was the work of but ten minutes; I then retired, scampering upon my bare feet, into the servants’ chambers, where I sought out a suitable frock-coat for myself of some humbler cloth, ratteen or cherriderry.
From Literature
Ratteen, rat-tēn′, n. a thick woollen stuff.
From Project Gutenberg
Rattinet, rat-ti-net′, n. a thin variety of ratteen.
From Project Gutenberg
And in those distant times, when brave knights went forth to war, disputing and fighting over a bit of forest, title, or a lesser matter yet, with what contempt did they look upon this wretched little scribe, this man of letters and mystery, clad in ratteen, his only weapon an ink bottle dangling at his belt, and the handle of his pen for a plume.
From Project Gutenberg
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.
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