However, the bill was lost by a vote of 16 to 14; one Senator having "Ratted" at the last moment, to the disgust of a large body of the members of the House, who were waiting to seize the bill and carry it up-stairs into their chamber.
"Two Years in Oregon"
Wallis Nash
"They'll tell me I Ratted to-morrow.
"The Lamp in the Desert"
Ethel M. Dell
They are proud of the ancestor who Ratted from Prince Charlie and fought with Butcher Cumberland, so we have nothing in common.
"The Heather-Moon"
C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson