ratton

From Middle English raton, from Anglo-Norman ratoun and Middle French raton, corresponding to rat +‎ -oon.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹatn̩/

ratton (plural rattons)

1. (now Northern England, Scotland, Ireland) A rat. [from 14th c.]
   • 1849, Charlotte Brontë, Shirley:

     'A Yorkshire burr,' he affirmed, 'was as much better than a cockney's lisp as a bull's bellow than a ratton’s squeak.'

• rattoner

• Arnott, attorn