rottan
/ˈrɒtn/(also rotten, rottin) Chiefly Scottish and English regional (northern )
noun
A rat.
Origin
Late 16th century; earliest use found in Edinburgh Testaments. Apparently a variant of ratton, with alteration of the vowel in the first syllable apparently after similar forms of rat.
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