ratteen

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To making a half-dress suit of ratteen, lined with satin 12 12 0

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  • To making a half-dress suit of ratteen, lined with satin 12 12 0 —  Life of Johnson, Volume 2 1765-1776
  • And Antony shall court her in ratteen. —  The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 1
  • 16.— L s. d. To making a half-dress    suit of ratteen, lined    with satin 12 12 0 To a pair of silk stocking    breeches 2 5 0 To a pair of bloom-coloured    ditto 1 4 6 Nothing is said in this bill of the colour of the coat; it is the breeches that are bloom-coloured. —  Life Of Johnson, Vol. 2
  • Among the items we find a green half-trimmed frock and breeches, lined with silk; a queen's blue dress suit; a half dress suit of ratteen, lined with satin; a pair of silk stocking breeches, and another pair of bloom color. —  Oliver Goldsmith A Biography
  • "One chintz rug, another of wadded silk, four roubles; one pelisse fox skin lined with red ratteen, forty roubles; and lastly, a small hareskin —  The Daughter of the Commandant
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  1. French ratine, from Old French rastin, from *raster, to scrape, ultimately from Latin rādere; see rash2.

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  1. Also rateen; =D. ratijn =G. Swedish Danish ratin, from French ratine, a kind of cloth, =Spanish Portuguese ratina =Italian rattina; origin uncertain; prob. (like F. rate, milt, spleen) so called from its loose cellular texture and likeness to a honeycomb, from Low German rate, honeycomb.
 

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