rattery

rat·te·ry
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/ɹætəɹi/

noun

A place where rats are housed in large numbers, usually for the purpose of breeding

“June 22, 1822, Sydney Smith, letter to Francis Jeffrey, Esq. the rattery and scoundrelism of public life”

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Meanings

rattery1

nounrattery (countable and uncountable, plural ratteries)

plural ratteries

  1. countableA place where rats are housed in large numbers, usually for the purpose of breeding
  2. obsoleteuncountableapostasy; traitorousness

    June 22, 1822, Sydney Smith, letter to Francis Jeffrey, Esq. the rattery and scoundrelism of public life

Rattery2

proper noun
  1. A village and civil parish in South Hams district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX7461).

Origin

From rat + -ery.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with rattery

batterybatterieflatterycatteryhatterytwattery
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Cite this entry
APA

rattery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rattery

MLA

“rattery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rattery. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rattery,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rattery.

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