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- noun Alternative form of
praty .
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Examples
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Here may be seen the effigy of Sir Richard Brydges, the first owner of the Manor House (or "pratie lodge") which succeeded the castle.
Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter Edric Holmes
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Axminster, not a mile away, was in Leland's day 'a pratie quik Market
Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts Rosalind Northcote
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"Me mother!" sez I, "and as fine a woman as ever peeled a biled pratie wid her thumb nail, and her maiden name was Molly McFiggin."
The Canadian Elocutionist Anna Kelsey Howard
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"Will, you see, while our ould Colonel, under the Gineral's orders, had me guarding a pratie patch --"
Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals As Seen From the Ranks During a Campaign in the Army of the Potomac William H. Armstrong
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'Twas in the summer of '46 that I landed at Hamilton, fresh as a new pratie just dug from the "old sod," and wid a light heart and a heavy bundle I sot off for the township of Buford, tiding a taste of a song, as merry a young fellow as iver took the road.
The Canadian Elocutionist Anna Kelsey Howard
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"Och! indade, yes; it's betther than an empty brid-basket; but if yez could only taste a small thrifle ov a Wicklow ham this mornin ', an' a smilin 'pratie, instid of this brown soap, yez --."
The Rifle Rangers Mayne Reid 1850
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"Troth, Mr. Malcomson, you Scotchers bring everything to the pit o 'the stomach -- no, begad, I ax your pardon, for although you take care of the pratie bag, you don't forget the pocket."
Willy Reilly The Works of William Carleton, Volume One William Carleton 1831
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'Tisn't fishin 'for a sthray pratie he is, upon a ridge like this.
The Poor Scholar Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three William Carleton 1831
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Och! if I had but a good swate pratie, now, from my own native Ireland, and a dhrap of milk to help wash it down!
Jack Tier James Fenimore Cooper 1820
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a blessed pratie or a boult of fat bacon will never go down one of your villainous throats again; and then, 'he added,' I'll sell you for scarecrows to the Pope o 'Room, who wants a dozen or two of you to sweep out his palace.'
Willy Reilly The Works of William Carleton, Volume One William Carleton 1831
bilby commented on the word pratie
"For 'twas madness in him and he knew it, and that was what made him lose his tongue - he that was maybe without the price of an ounce of 'baccy - I will not deny it: often enough he had to do without when the hens would not be laying, and often enough stirabout and praties was all we had for days."
- Frank O'Connor, 'The Bridal Night'.
September 5, 2008