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Pattened

Pat′ten-ed

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Adj.
Wearing pattens.
“Some pattened girl.”
Jane Austen.

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pattened

pattened

English

Adjective

pattened (not comparable)

  1. Wearing pattens.
    • 1817, Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey
      Wherever they went, some pattened girl stopped to curtsy, or some footman in dishabille sneaked off. Yet this was an abbey!