"ratter" -- superstitious Tudor sailors did not have cats on board as they were thought to bring bad luck. From Wordnik.com. [Reuters: Top News]
In the Central and South American countries this snake is highly valued as a "ratter" and frequents human habitations without fear. From Wordnik.com. [Pathfinder or, The Missing Tenderfoot] Reference
It was a fantastic story that has since ratter fizzled. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 10, 2003] Reference
Sadly, I do not live up to my reputatation as a ratter. From Wordnik.com. [Tucker Makes Amends] Reference
And Fan, the champion ratter, with her fifty off the reel. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, April 11, 1917] Reference
Fortunately, one of my cats is a great mouser (and “ratter”). From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Sen. Kit Bond: Mowing Down Lawn Mower Reform] Reference
For the present, the German ratter has trounced its Irish doppelganger. From Wordnik.com. [Dog days for British breeds] Reference
You wouldn't believe what a good cat, a prime ratter, fetches these days. From Wordnik.com. [The Eye of the World]
"Yes - Binky might be a dog, of course - probably a good ratter, " said Julian. From Wordnik.com. [Five Go To Billycock Hill]
My dog here is a good ratter, and I think he'll be able to polish off a few for you. From Wordnik.com. [Young Tom Bowling The Boys of the British Navy] Reference
August 22, 2008 at 1:02 pm ohohes. i finkso you shud see yr Dr Tinycat sooner ratter dan layter; i finkso, yes. From Wordnik.com. [Sumthin jus - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference
I am sumwot hobbit-like in dat i prefurrs to read about adbenchures ratter dan bean in dem if it mite inbolb dragons oar banditoes. From Wordnik.com. [utube - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference
More prosaically, a ratter out could get a one-way ticket back to his home country plus a big fat check financed through employer fines. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Enforcement] Reference
Alan kept a ferret, which he offered to bring, and he thought he could borrow his brother Herbert's fox-terrier, which was a famous ratter. From Wordnik.com. [Hunter's Marjory A Story for Girls] Reference
Carlo repays this kindness by keeping the store free from rats, and his reputation as a famous ratter has spread far and wide through the neighborhood. From Wordnik.com. [Harper's Young People, March 16, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly] Reference
With the sale of “The Command” the first Johnny Black story I found I could make money being funny, which neither I nor my friends would have suspected, as in private life I'm a ratter serious gent. From Wordnik.com. [Antiquarian Weird Tales: L Sprague de Camp (1950)] Reference
He was a very good ratter, and also killed many snakes against which. From Wordnik.com. [Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon] Reference
But Jip it was who, scratching at the foot of the slab like a good ratter, made the discovery which led to our final success. From Wordnik.com. [The Voyages of Dr. Dolittle] Reference
Scamp is really an extraordinary ratter, and kills a great many rats in the White House, in the cellars and on the lower floor and among the machinery. From Wordnik.com. [Letters to His Children]
The mongrel was most likely on board as the ship's ratter - superstitious Tudor seamen did not have cats on board as they were thought to bring bad luck. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference
He is intelligent and handsome -- just a miniature tiger, and growls like a new arrival from the jungle when he is displeased -- and he is a great ratter. From Wordnik.com. [On the Edge of the War Zone From the Battle of the Marne to the Entrance of the Stars and Stripes] Reference
Baby had been active and a ratter when she was young, but that was so long ago it was forgotten, and for many years now Baby had wanted only her warm basket and her dinner. From Wordnik.com. [Three Lives Stories of The Good Anna, Melanctha and The Gentle Lena] Reference
The dog we know today as the Dalmatian has been a dog of war, a draft dog, shepherd, ratter, fire-apparatus follower, firehouse mascot, bird dog, trail hound and retriever. From Wordnik.com. Reference
She was a fine ratter, and with the assistance of a Maltese cat, also a member of the family, the many rats which infested the house and stables were driven away or destroyed. From Wordnik.com. [Heroes Every Child Should Know] Reference
I hop across the yard, trying to shake it loose, but the little ratter has a good grip and isn’t letting go. From Wordnik.com. [Six Bad Things]
Great ratter she was. From Wordnik.com. [Unnatural Death]
How about a wireless ratter?. From Wordnik.com. [Click mouse to accept cookie - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference
Dis kitteh look ratter liek my Zeus kitteh!. From Wordnik.com. [dis toy - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference
His mother had heart disease but was very gentle and resigned, and a wonderful ratter. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Gilded Age A tale of today] Reference
Up to oaken ratter. From Wordnik.com. [Old Spookses' Pass, Malcolm's Katie, and other poems] Reference
But he's a dud ratter!. From Wordnik.com. [Five Go To Billycock Hill]
Posted by jeannine ratter. From Wordnik.com. [CT-04: Chris Shays To Kennedy: You're A Killer] Reference
Rough -- ratter ......... 19. From Wordnik.com. [A Study of Association in Insanity] Reference
"Why, our rough dog," said Philip; "the ratter.". From Wordnik.com. [Hollowdell Grange Holiday Hours in a Country Home] Reference
O, za, a. ratter ftrong, four, un rf y ut peu aigre f f. f force, havrry, courage, bravoiire. From Wordnik.com. [Dizionario portatile italiano, inglese, e francese] Reference
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