ratan
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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The ball is small, made of ratan, hollow, elastic, and light.
From In the Eastern Seas by Kingston, William Henry Giles
Raví, sun; ratan, jewel; pitárá, a kind of box.
From Indian Fairy Tales by Anonymous
Macco, hanging the spear about his neck, climbed up a neighbouring tree, which was united to the one on which the kangaroo was sitting by a strong band of ratan.
From In the Eastern Seas by Kingston, William Henry Giles
The cable also was formed of ratan, which, though strong, could easily, I suspected, be cut by rocks.
From In the Eastern Seas by Kingston, William Henry Giles
From the window in the nearest house, Piang kept watch with Kali, Asin, and Tooloowee; in his hand he held the ratan cable that controlled the nooses in the narrow lane.
From The Adventures of Piang the Moro Jungle Boy A Book for Young and Old by Stuart, Florence Partello
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