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Raton

Raton \Rat"on\ (r[a^]t"[o^]n), n. [Cf. Raccoon.] A small rat. [Obs.]
--Piers Plowman.

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Raton, NM -- U.S. city in New Mexico
Population (2000): 7282
Housing Units (2000): 3472
Land area (2000): 7.337499 sq. miles (19.004034 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 7.337499 sq. miles (19.004034 sq. km)
FIPS code: 62060
Located within: New Mexico (NM), FIPS 35
Location: 36.897082 N, 104.439912 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 87740
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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Ratón

Ratón ("Mouse" in English) was a Spanish fighting bull that was nicknamed el toro asesino (the killer bull), el sangriento toro (the bloody bull) and el terrible Ratón (the terrible Mouse) for killing three people in bullfighting rings in Spain between 2006–11 and injuring thirty more. The bull became legendary in Spain due to the large number of gorings for which he was responsible. Bullfighting fans regarded him as a star and traveled from across the country to see the morlaco (big bull) at his home at Sueca near Valencia. Matador Jesús Esteve said of Ratón: "He is a killer. He is lazy, he doesn't want to participate. He does his own thing, waiting for somebody to make a mistake. And then when he gets you, he wallops you, and he doesn't let up."

Due to Ratón's fame, bullfighting clubs paid exceptionally high fees of up to €15,000 to feature him in their events. In 2010, for instance, the municipality of Ricla hosted Ratón during a festival in honour of St. Mary Magdalene, paying €9,000 – nine times the normal fee for a fighting bull. The bull's fame was so great that, as in the case of the Ricla fiesta, he was given star billing on advertisements. Although the organisers had to pay very high fees to see Ratón perform, the bull's owner asserted that the outlay was worth it: "[H]e works out the cheapest because wherever he goes organizers double the ticket price."

Raton (river)

The Raton is a short mountain river that flows through the Alpes-Maritimes department of southeastern France. It flows into the Cians north of Rigaud.

It flows from west to east along the following communes:

  • north side: Guillaumes, Beuil
  • south side: Auvare, Puget-Rostang, Rigaud

Usage examples of "raton".

Melton might try to lay the entire blame on Jules, but he was responsible for Boca Raton and wanted this Bently problem wrapped up before he had to answer awkward questions.

Her name was Raton, and she was only fifteen, after the fashion of actresses who always subtract at least two or three years from their age.

When the honest Raton saw me on the point of leaving, she said, with an air that was at once gay and timid, that she wanted two louis, and if I liked to give her them and pass the night with her I should be well content.

I was not long before I called on Raton, but not wishing to be duped by her I took due precautions.

While there I amused myself by reading innumerable follies one finds written in such places, and suddenly my eyes lighted on these words:-- "This tenth day of August, 1760, the wretched Raton gave me the whatd'-you-call-it: reader, beware.

He had lost the leg and hand in the Battle of Boca Raton, He was the only survivor of the battle —.

He had lost the leg and hand in the Battle of Boca Raton, He was the only survivor of the battle - and, if he hadn't been so horribly wounded, he would certainly have been lynched along with the other survivors of his platoon.

Decker also knew about the two family banks in Boca Raton, the shopping mall in Daytona Beach, and the seventy-five thousand acres of raw cane west of Lake Okeechobee.

I drove up to a gallery in Boca Raton where he was having a show and picked out a strong little one, twelve inches by sixteen inches, all storm fury and tidal race.

Well, he was pass ing through Hollywood or Boca Raton or one of those Gold Coast places and it was empty and right off the main drag he saw one of those swanky little jewelry shops, you know, a branch of some Fifth Avenue store and its windows were blown out.

I know of two Evil Doers in Boca Raton who are alone in a magnificent waterfront mansion.

Playboy says Raton is a pinche Chupacabra from Watsonville and they all look this way.

Even when we began to climb into the craggy forest hills that lead up to the Raton Pass, and the going got slower, the land was still beautiful, with its winding wooded valleys.

Not surprisingly, the coastal cities were overrunfirst Jacksonville, Miami and Fort Lauderdale, now Boca Raton, Tampa and Fort Myers.

I had intended to have a golf lesson this afternoon from Mr Armour at the Boca Raton.