ratan
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Round the waist they wore coils of ratan, stained red, to which their petticoats were attached.
From In the Eastern Seas by Kingston, William Henry Giles
Catching hold of the mango-tree with its tail, it pulled until its eyes bulged from the sockets, but the ratan held.
From The Adventures of Piang the Moro Jungle Boy A Book for Young and Old by Stuart, Florence Partello
Having done this, he began to ascend the tree, throwing his ratan band a short distance above him, leaning back at the same time and placing his feet against the trunk.
From In the Eastern Seas by Kingston, William Henry Giles
We soon cut down some of the larger bamboos, with ratan to secure the cross pieces, and had an amply buoyant raft to carry one person out into the centre.
From In the Eastern Seas by Kingston, William Henry Giles
At length the last class had been heard, and the last lesson recited, and Lugare seated himself behind his desk on the platform, with his longest and stoutest ratan before him.
From Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy by Whitman, Walt
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