adjective
Etymology
Origin of rattish
Example Sentences
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There was no danger of that happening for Gary Busey, his rattish brother from another mother.
From The Guardian • Oct. 4, 2018
They had rattish pointed faces and tiny pink hands, like the servitor who had brought her the glass of shade.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
To me, speaking with due deference to the opinion of others, the proposals appear to be the most insane, foolish, and impracticable that could have been devised by rattish brains.
From Dick Cheveley His Adventures and Misadventures by Groome, William H. C.
It crept out of the corners of rattish eyes, reading as it ran the sinister circle, and hurried back to its intense, malevolent business of transfixing the quarry in the corner.
From The Rose in the Ring by McCutcheon, George Barr
Barry covertly watched Natalie while Leyden's rattish characteristics were under discussion.
From Gold Out of Celebes by Dingle, Aylward Edward
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