in the rattle

prepositional phrase

Kept in confinement as a disciplinary measure.

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Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. UKslanggovernmentKept in confinement as a disciplinary measure.

    If you were in the rattle too often, you would be labeled a troublemaker. Once that happened, it was virtually impossible to get back into the Navy's good books, and the chances were high that they would find some way to get rid of you.

    2005, Charles Gidley Wheeler, Jannaway's Mutiny
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APA

in the rattle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20the%20rattle

MLA

“in the rattle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20the%20rattle. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “in the rattle,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20the%20rattle.

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