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rat-a-tat|ˌrætəˈtæt|
[Echoic.]
= rat-tat. Also attrib. in rat-a-tat ginger (see quot. 1959).
1681T. Flatman Heraclitus Ridens No. 28 (1713) I. 185 A Cooper was..busy, Rat-a-tat, Rat-a-tat, hooping Tubs. 1813Coleridge Lett. (1895) II. 604 This bustle and endless rat-a-tat-tat at our door. 1895Q. Splendid Spur 153 A wild rat-a-tat! on the street door. 1916N. Douglas London Street Games 64 Rat a tat tat, who is that? Only grandma's pussy-cat. What do you want? A pint of milk. 1959I. & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolch. xviii. 381 Illegally knocking at doors... Rat Tat Tat. Abertillery and Newbridge in Monmouthshire, Barry in Glamorgan, Coventry. A variant in Lydney is Rat-a-Tat Ginger. Rat-a-Tat-Tat. Solihull, near Birmingham, and Grenoside, near Sheffield. 1961Times 17 June 3/2 Any passing rat-a-tat of close volleying. |