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Definition of Ratteens
1. ratteen [n] - See also: ratteen
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ratteens
Literary usage of Ratteens
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1809)
"... the Ib. which is not fo good as their ratteens made with ^ wool of Navarre and
... an auln broad, at 11 livres the auln ; ratteens \ of an auln broad, ..."
2. Travels During the Years 1787, 1788, & 1789: Undertaken More Particularly by Arthur Young (1794)
"... at 3 liv. lof the Ib. which is not fo good as their ratteens, made with ...
at 22 liv. the auln ; a fécond fort of ratteens, made with French wool, ..."
3. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1809)
"... ratteens, ... A very great manufacture of ratteens at Carric-on-fure, the bay
worded is for ..."
4. A History of the Commercial and Financial Relations Between England and by Alice Effie Murray (1907)
"Formerly ratteens had chiefly been made, but in Young's time broad cloth was the
principal manufacture, altogether for home consumption. ..."
5. A Comprehensive History of the Woollen and Worsted Manufactures: And the by James Bischoff (1842)
"Thirty years ago, they manufactured in Ireland large quantities of ratteens, ...
class of their people appeared at that time well dressed in ratteens and ..."
6. A Comprehensive History of the Woollen and Worsted Manufactures: And the by James Bischoff (1842)
"Thirty years ago, they manufactured in Ireland large quantities of ratteens, ...
class of their people appeared at that time well dressed in ratteens and ..."
7. Forms of Practice, Or, American Precedents in Personal and Real Actions by Benjamin Lynde Oliver (1851)
"... then and there bargained with the said D, for the purchase of, and to pay him
lor, certain other goods and merchandises, consisting of cloths, ratteens, ..."
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