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ratteries

ratteries is the plural of rattery.

Meaning of rattery

Noun

rattery (countable and uncountable, plural ratteries)

  1. (countable) A place where rats are housed in large numbers, usually for the purpose of breeding
  2. (obsolete, uncountable) apostasy; traitorousness
    • June 22, 1822, Sydney Smith, letter to Francis Jeffrey, Esq.
      the rattery and scoundrelism of public life

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Questions about ratteries

What is ratteries the plural of?
Ratteries is the plural of rattery.

Words near ratteries in the dictionary

  1. ratteners
  2. rattening
  3. rattenings
  4. rattens
  5. ratter
  6. ratteries
  7. Ratterree
  8. Ratterrees
  9. ratters
  10. rattery
  11. rattes

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