Lexicographical Neighbors of Pratted
Literary usage of Pratted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1890)
"I pratted into the house. — Horsley : Jottings from Jail. Press (American sporting).
When a man wins a bet, and instead of taking away his winnings he adds ..."
2. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1879)
"... before I piped a slavey (servant) come out of a chat (house), so when she had
got a little way up the double (turning), I pratted (went) in the house. ..."
3. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1879)
"... before I piped a slavey (servant) come out of a chat (house), so when she had
got a little way up the double (turning), I pratted (went) in the house. ..."
4. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1902)
"I piped a slavey (servant) come out of a chat (house), so when she had got л
little way up the double (turning), I pratted (went) in the house. ..."
5. A Dissertation on Miracles: Containing an Examination of the Principles by George Campbell, David Hume (1807)
"... on all the liberal and the useful arts, reasoned like men ; on the subject of
religion, they pratted like children. The ISRAELITES, on the contrary, ..."
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