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spinney
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WORD DEFINITION CONTEST: JULY 17TH
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Thanks again Loboclaud for the nomination. My word is as follows: Ratoon Out of contest defintion: A ratoon is a small boat used by rats to cross rivers. Good luck people. I �ll choose the winner midweek some time. |
17 Jul 2015
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carole77
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It �s a toon dressed up as a rat.
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17 Jul 2015
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cunliffe
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It �s a tin dish for you to spit in. If your spit hits the middle, it rattles. It �s a contraction of rattle spittoon, of course.
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17 Jul 2015
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ueslteacher
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It �s a hybrid of a rat and raccoon
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17 Jul 2015
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MoodyMoody
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Ratoon is actually a "Spanglish" word meaning punctual or prompt.
Rato: Spanish for time
on: English preposition
So ratoon means time on! |
17 Jul 2015
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kgsharpe
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A new shoot that grows from the root of plant such as a sugar cane. Ratoon can also be spelled Rattoon |
17 Jul 2015
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kgsharpe
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Here �s a good one Inculcate. Used in a sentence. The teacher had done much to inculcate on his pupils the importance of grammar. |
17 Jul 2015
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ascincoquinas
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RAT -OON = portuguese word used to describe the "nouveu rich" who keep bragging about their possessions and can �t cope with others � wealth. It has been recently diagonised as mental disease by WHO. |
17 Jul 2015
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Mr. Wilson
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I attest that "ratoon" refers to a movie made by Oliver Stone about a troop of rats that fought in the Vietnam war. It was no laughing matter! |
17 Jul 2015
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Gi2gi
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A cartoon,featuring rats, a Ratatouille-like, but more explicit |
18 Jul 2015
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SVieira
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It �s a rat-sneeze (a sneeze made by a rat with a terrible cold, or maybe with an allergy to cats) - ratoon! |
18 Jul 2015
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