rattoon

[ ra-toon ]

/ ræˈtun /

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noun, verb (used with or without object)

a variant of ratoon.

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Words nearby rattoon

rattlesnake weed, rattletrap, rattling, rattly, ratton, rattoon, rattrap, ratty, Ratushinskaya, Rau, raucous

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How to use rattoon in a sentence

We were now in the foothills of the Rattoon Mountains, and the bluff we were on was very steep.
The Adventures of Buffalo Bill|Col. William F. Cody
It belongs rather to the second or third rattoon-crop, which, has sprung up under the influence of foreign stimuli.
Unwritten Literature of Hawaii|Nathaniel Bright Emerson

British Dictionary definitions for rattoon

rattoon

/ (ræˈtuːn) /

noun, verb

a variant spelling of ratoon

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