ratan
Americannoun
noun
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He grasp'd his ratan firmly, and descended from his seat.
From Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy by Walt Whitman
Tying up the legs of our prize with the ratan, we passed a piece of bamboo through them, and took our way by the path we had cut to the beach.
From In the Eastern Seas by William Henry Giles Kingston
He now secured his torch to the end of another piece of ratan, eight or ten yards long, with his chopping-knife fastened by a short rope.
From In the Eastern Seas by William Henry Giles Kingston
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 William Henry Giles Kingston
That python broke green ratan thongs half an inch in diameter, and soon twisted out of all its fastenings except the one about its neck.
From The Adventures of Piang the Moro Jungle Boy A Book for Young and Old by Florence Partello Stuart
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