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noun
Alternative form of ratton.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, rare
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verb
To sabotage machinery or tools as part of an industrial dispute, particularly the tools of a workman who went against the union.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-England, obsolete
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History
The verbal sense is from the notion of causing mischief like a rat.
