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bratteries

bratteries is the plural of brattery.

Meaning of brattery

Noun

brattery (countable and uncountable, plural bratteries)

  1. (countable, informal) A collection of brats; a children's nursery, etc.
    • I should esteem myself in luck, were the nuisances of this seaport confined only to two senses; but, alas! the apartment above my head proves a squalling brattery, and the sounds which proceed from it are so loud and frequent, that a person might think himself in limbo, without any extravagance.1834, William Beckford (novelist), (Please provide the book title or journal name)
  2. (informal, uncountable) Brattish behaviour.

Questions about bratteries

What is bratteries the plural of?
Bratteries is the plural of brattery.

Words near bratteries in the dictionary

  1. Brattains
  2. bratted
  3. Brattel
  4. Bratten
  5. Brattens
  6. bratteries
  7. brattery
  8. Bratti
  9. brattice
  10. brattice cloth
  11. brattice cloths

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