Definition of ratten Ratten

rat•ten

We found 3 definitions of ratten from 3 different sources.

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What does ratten mean?

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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • ratten (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.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • ratten
    rat′n, v.t. to break or take away a workman's tools, &c., for disobeying the trades-union—the loss being ironically attributed to rats

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