Ratter vs Rattier - What's the difference?
ratter | rattier |
Anything which catches rats, especially a dog trained to catch them; a rat terrier.
One who rats; a traitor; a deserter.
(ratty)
Similar to a rat; ratlike.
Infested with rats.
(colloquial) In poor condition or repair; worn out; battered; tattered; torn.
* 2000 , (George RR Martin), A Storm of Swords , Bantam 2011, p. 535:
* 2006 , Clive James, North Face of Soho , Picador 2007, p. 80:
(UK, colloquial) Irritable, annoyed.
As a noun ratter
is anything which catches rats, especially a dog trained to catch them; a rat terrier.As an adjective rattier is
comparative of ratty.ratter
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* rattener (rare)Noun
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*rattier
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*ratty
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(er)- The Marcher lord was still clad in his ratty black cloak and dented breastplate with its chipped enamel lightning.
- I was having exactly that thought on a ratty mock-leather couch in Islington.