"ratette" meaning in All languages combined

See ratette on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: ratettes [plural]
Etymology: rat + -ette Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|rat|ette|id2=female}} rat + -ette Head templates: {{en-noun}} ratette (plural ratettes)
  1. (informal) A female rat (any sense). Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-ratette-en-noun-~oxE9ULE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ette (female)

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1994, Jackie Merritt, Persistent Lady, page 76",
          "text": "For one painful second she thought about him calling her his \"little ratette\" yesterday.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
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          "ref": "2001, Dana Stabenow, The Singing of the Dead, page 17",
          "text": "Yes, all you Park rats and ratettes, that's your very own election district.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, Angi Morgan, The Ranger, page 14",
          "text": "Mitch would find the rat—or ratette—and move on without anyone knowing.",
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      ],
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