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rattening

rattening noun: the practice of sabotaging machinery or tools as part of an industrial dispute.

rattening: the practice of sabotaging machinery or tools as part of an industrial dispute
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Noun

rattening (countable and uncountable, plural rattenings)

  1. (Northern England, obsolete) The practice of sabotaging machinery or tools as part of an industrial dispute.

Forms of rattening

pluralrattenings

Origin of rattening

See ratten.

Questions about rattening

What does rattening mean?
Rattening means the practice of sabotaging machinery or tools as part of an industrial dispute.
What part of speech is rattening?
Rattening is a noun.
What is the plural of rattening?
The plural of rattening is rattenings.

Words near rattening in the dictionary

  1. rattees
  2. ratten
  3. rattened
  4. rattener
  5. ratteners
  6. rattening
  7. rattenings
  8. rattens
  9. ratter
  10. ratteries
  11. Ratterree

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