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Definition of Ratten
1. v. t. To deprive feloniously of the tools used in one's employment (as by breaking or stealing them), for the purpose of annoying; as, to ratten a mechanic who works during a strike.
Definition of Ratten
1. Verb. (obsolete Northern England) To sabotage machinery or tools as part of an industrial dispute, particularly the tools of a workman who went against the union. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ratten
1. to harass [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: harass
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ratten
Literary usage of Ratten
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1917)
"SN ratten. Ann Am Acad 71:202-15 My '17 Pilgrim and psychology. Unpop R 8:315-25
Psychology of conviction. J. Jastrow. Scl Monthly 5:523-44 D '17 . ..."
2. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"ratten, to take away a workman's tools for not paying his ... The word is frequently
heard in connection with Sheffield, where ratten is the local word for ..."
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