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Ratten (To)

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To annoy for refusing to join a trade union, or for not submitting to its demands. This is done by destroying or taking away a workman’s tools, or otherwise incapacitating him from doing work. “To rat” is to desert one’s party; to work for less than the price fixed by a trade union; and “ratten” is to act the part of a rat. (See Rat.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Rashleigh Osbaldistone
Rasiel
Raspberry
Rasselas
Rat
Rat (To)
Rat (Un)
Rat, Cat, and Dog
Rat-killer
Ratatosk
Ratten (To)
Rattlin (Jack)
Raul
Ravana
Ravelin (The) or demi-lune
Raven
Ravenglass (Cumberland)
Ravenstone
Ravenswood (Allan, Lord of)
Raw
Raw Lobster (A)