I went and told part of the excise money till twelve o’clock, and then called on my wife and took her to Mr. Pierces, she in the way being exceedingly troubled with a pair of new pattens, and I vexed to go so slow, it being late.
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Patten
//ˈpæt(ə)n//
Synonyms for "patten" (4 found)
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Translations
6 translations across 5 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- κλάπαι noun (a type of footwear with thick soles, usually wooden)
Bulgarian
1 entries- налъм noun (a type of footwear with thick soles, usually wooden)
Galician
2 entries- zoca noun (a type of footwear with thick soles, usually wooden)
- zoco noun (a type of footwear with thick soles, usually wooden)
Middle English
1 entries- patyn noun (a type of footwear with thick soles, usually wooden)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- نعل noun (a type of footwear with thick soles, usually wooden)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Tom Freckle, the smith's son, was the next victim to her rage. He was an ingenious workman, and made excellent pattens; nay, the very patten with which he was knocked down was his own workmanship.
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"I fear there is a chase; I think I hear three or four galloping together; I am sure I hear more horses than one." / "Pooh, pooh, it is the wench of the house that is clattering to the well in her pattens; [...]."
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Nobody had appeared belonging to the house except a person in pattens, who had been poking at the child from below with a broom; I don't know with what object, and I don't think she did.
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