rat-tat

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rat-tat (plural rat-tats)

  1. Alternative form of ratatat
    • 1890 February, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “The Tragedy of Pondicherry Lodge”, in The Sign of Four (Standard Library), London: Spencer Blackett [], →OCLC, page 72:
      A single narrow iron-clamped door formed the only means of entrance. On this our guide knocked with a peculiar postman-like rat-tat.