prat2 (prat)

[Origin obscure.] The buttock. [Slang.] Fiddle, Patrico, and let me sing. First set me down here on both my prats. Brome, Jovial Crew, ii. pratal (prā'tal), a. [ bler. What! a speaker is but a prater. Shak ., Hen. V., v. 2. 166. A Yorkshire girl herself, she hated to hear Yorkshire abused by such a pitiful prater . Charlotte Brontë , Shirley, vi.