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ratty

[ US /ˈɹæti/ ]
[ UK /ɹˈæti/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. dirty and infested with rats
  2. of or characteristic of rats
  3. showing signs of wear and tear
    an old house with dirty windows and tatty curtains
    a ratty old overcoat
    shabby furniture

How To Use ratty In A Sentence

  • I looked him up and down, taking in the unshaven cheeks, the missing button on his shirt, the ratty cuffs on his jeans. NO BODY
  • Leave that ratty plasterwork to get rattier. Times, Sunday Times
  • _ That's what I do want to know, zoa come along -- Woo ye though -- Missus, let's behave pratty -- Zur if you pleaze, Dame and I will let you walk along wi 'us. Speed the Plough A Comedy, In Five Acts; As Performed At The Theatre Royal, Covent Garden
  • It's a day where people celebrate by drinking the worst-tasting beer they can find, wearing ratty blue singlet tops with Australian flags as a cape, eating burnt "snags" from the "barbie" and listening to the Triple J Hottest 100 countdown on the radio from the plush confines of a deck chair placed in a kiddie's wading pool. A List For Australia Day
  • The claim is made that there were several flaws in this case, and for years there has been a concerted attempt to declare that the case made against Hanratty was ‘unsafe.’
  • Hanratty said the hotel was in turnkey condition which, combined with the profit-earnings ratio, made it a good investment.
  • Ok, off the soapbox Mr M, it's late and I'm tired and ratty.
  • Busted heralded a sea change over the past two years by bringing the staccato guitars and bratty vim of American punk-pop groups into the stale world of boy bands.
  • Cages holding lumps in ratty jackets lined the opposite wall. 365 tomorrows » 2009 » October : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day
  • Someone should tell him his bratty behaviour is not acceptable. The Sun
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