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- noun Plural form of
ratteen .
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Examples
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In 1800 there were 900 hands employed on ratteens and friezes in Roscrea; in 1840 the industry had completely disappeared.
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Principally for ratteens, but of late they have got into broadcloths, all for home consumption; the manufacture increases, and is very flourishing.
A Tour in Ireland 1776-1779 Arthur Young 1780
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The woollen trade, serges and camlets, ratteens, friezes, druggets, and narrow cloths, the last they make to 10s. and 12s. a yard; if they might export to 8s. they are very clear that they could get a great trade for the woollen manufactures of Cork.
A Tour in Ireland 1776-1779 Arthur Young 1780
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A very great manufacture of ratteens at Carrick-on-Suir; the bay worsted is for serges, shalloons, etc. Woollen yarn for coarse cloths, which latter have been lost for some years, owing to the high price of wool.
A Tour in Ireland 1776-1779 Arthur Young 1780
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Cler - mont contains 30,000 inhabitants, and has manufaftures 6f ratteens, diiiggetb, ferges, and leather.
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Ireland, adapted by nature to the growth of wool, had been very early celebrated for fabrics of that material, particularly frizes, ratteens, ferges, &c.
Strictures on the Ecclesiastical and Literary History of Ireland:: From the Most Ancient Times ... 1789
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