Usually means: Escape routes for Nazi fugitives.
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  1. ratlines: Merriam-Webster
  2. ratlines: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. ratlines: Collins English Dictionary
  4. ratlines: Vocabulary.com
  5. ratlines: Wordnik
  6. ratlines: Wiktionary
  7. Ratlines, ratlines: Dictionary.com
  8. Ratlines (World War II), Ratlines (World War II aftermath), Ratlines (history), Ratlines: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Ratlines: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. Ratlines: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. ratlines: FreeDictionary.org
  12. Ratlines: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wikipedia (Ratlines)

▸ noun:  The ratlines were systems of escape routes for German Nazis and other fascists fleeing Europe from 1945 onwards in the aftermath of World War II.
▸ noun:  lengths of thin line tied between the shrouds of a sailing ship to form a ladder.


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