Ratan

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of rattan. alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable

    "On Sunday mornings, when the prospect is rather small for a full house in the minor churches, a parcel of fellows are actually sent out with ratans into the highways and byways as whippers-in of the congregation."

  2. 2
    a switch made from the stems of the rattan palms wordnet

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"On Sunday mornings, when the prospect is rather small for a full house in the minor churches, a parcel of fellows are actually sent out with ratans into the highways and byways as whippers-in of the congregation."

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