A ratty old overcoat. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
He was dressed in ratty jeans and an old green field jacket. From Wordnik.com. [Why Life is Now More Complicated] Reference
Used and ratty is fine as I am not going to use it for pasta. From Wordnik.com. [Pasta Machine needed] Reference
Cages holding lumps in ratty jackets lined the opposite wall. From Wordnik.com. [365 tomorrows » 2009 » October : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day] Reference
But if you are in ratty jeans, and your hair is a mess, you might take it as an insult. From Wordnik.com. [Smug Ugly - Anil Dash] Reference
The furniture could only described as ratty and unsuitable for anyone's home. From Wordnik.com. [AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed] Reference
On a side note, the Burger King Crown is getting kind of ratty, y'all. From Wordnik.com. [Caption Contest Winner] Reference
I know they're kind of ratty looking and that they've passed their peak. From Wordnik.com. [Joan Borysenko: The Art Of Patience And Inner Guidance] Reference
Girls want to pay for that, so I'm okay with keeping my nasty kind of ratty hair. From Wordnik.com. [Super Bowl Media Day live: Green Bay Packers' A.J. Hawk on hair] Reference
Be sure to post photographs of your "ratty" and "clean" looks so we have a frame of reference. From Wordnik.com. [Street Influence and Seduction Ploys . . . continuation] Reference
My post-it is getting kind of ratty looking anyway. From Wordnik.com. [BellaOnline - The Voice of Women] Reference
He'll also be wearing a "ratty" red and white suit. From Wordnik.com. [Homepage | INFORUM | Fargo, ND] Reference
Meanwhile, the rudbeckia and echinacea are beginning to look kind of ratty at this time. From Wordnik.com. [Gardening While Intoxicated] Reference
"Hey dog," she said, and scratched his ratty ears. From Wordnik.com. [Hard Truth]
I sank into the ratty armchair across from her desk. From Wordnik.com. [Vanishing Acts]
Mine are all ratty and I feel bare-footed without them. From Wordnik.com. [Letters of a Dakota Divorcee] Reference
UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: Cause your campaign ads were ratty. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Sunday Morning News: `The Capitol Steps' Turn Campaigns Into Comedy - January 14, 2001] Reference
Apologize for that rather ratty transmission from Beijing. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 1, 2006] Reference
COOPER: Yes, it was like a ratty, like 70's ugly fireplace. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 17, 2002] Reference
They have made that old ratty dresser into a nice shiny one. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 28, 2009] Reference
Although, I'm having trouble getting past the ratty area rug. From Wordnik.com. [Courtney Cachet: MTV's Jersey Shore: Go Inside The Miami House With Me!] Reference
CHO: I don't think she'd appreciate you saying ratty extensions, Lola. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 31, 2007] Reference
You was the tiniest white one left — real ratty looking but kinda dainty. From Wordnik.com. [SWITCHBACKS] Reference
So, let's say you have got this ratty old dresser that you need to get rid of. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 23, 2009] Reference
Junkyards may conjure up images of Fred Sanford's ratty collection of castoffs. From Wordnik.com. [The Tao of Junk] Reference
So, somebody looks at this -- this ratty old dresser and says, wow, you know what?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 23, 2009] Reference
CHETRY: Coming up on AMERICAN MORNING, don't throw out the old ratty concert t-shirt. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 30, 2007] Reference
Brownell sported a nine-day growth of beard and a ratty wardrobe he'd pieced together. From Wordnik.com. [Rethinking Social Services in the Des Moines Suburbs] Reference
Do you own shoes beyond ratty tennis shoes or ugly, old black lace-ups that need shining?. From Wordnik.com. [The First Date Questionnaire] Reference
The late guitarist's father, 74, is sitting at home on a ratty sofa, cradling a Persian cat. From Wordnik.com. [Jimi, Rest In Peace] Reference
I note that in my ratty journal, take a banana from a paper bag, and pretend to shoot myself. From Wordnik.com. [Greyhound] Reference
Steve straddled his lap on the ratty sofa and rolled his hips in time with Marc's own movements. From Wordnik.com. [Small Change] Reference
He was still wearing the same ratty robe he'd worn in the carnival, his hair was still as uncombed. From Wordnik.com. [Charley de Milo] Reference
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