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noun

Ratting n.

The conduct or practices of one who rats. See Rat, v. i., 1.

The low sport of setting a dog upon rats confined in a pit to see how many he will kill in a given time.

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Etymology of 'Ratting'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Ratting" Quotes from Famous Books

... picnic in the valley of Jehoshaphat and talked London gossip under the olives, it was an odd picture; it is strange to see the irrepressible English riding hurdles in the Campagna, and talking of ratting in the shadow of the Parthenon, as though within the beloved chimes of Bow; but it was stranger still to see those roughened, grimed men, with soleless boots and pants tattered "as if an imp had worn them," rolling out town-talk and well-known names ...

— Four Years in Rebel Capitals - An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death • T. C. DeLeon

... go ratting, don't wear gloves," replied Gore, who always carried a Spanish proverb in his pocket. Carrington, after painful reflection, could only guess that he wanted Ratcliffe's enemies to show their ...

— Democracy An American Novel • Henry Adams

Words linked to "Ratting" : revealing, rat, informing