ratting

Example Sentences

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Ratting him out seems to be the least of it; preserving the lie has its advantages; participating in the lie seems unthinkable — or does it?

From Washington Post • Mar. 15, 2016

Ratting out Adrian for the mask didn’t make us even.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson

Ratting, my dear mother, is a fine, manly, old-time sport.

From The Halo by Justice, B. Martin

Oft-times a party of gentlemen have sent for me in the summer, having arranged with me to bring four or five ferrets and Ratting appliances, and we have gone 50 miles up the country. 

From Full Revelations of a Professional Rat-catcher After 25 Years' Experience by Matthews, Ike

Ratting in the barn is good sport, or grooming the pony, or feeding the animals, and pretending it is the Zoo; but you can’t do those things here.

From Pixie O'Shaughnessy by Groome, William H. C.