What is Rathouse?
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Rathouse, or Rat house. A government or civil service building: treasury, city hall, police station...
From The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents.
'Rathouse's just the local word for… like the council house, the town hall,' he said. 'It's nothing to do with rats, amusing though it may be.'
- The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents, by Terry Pratchett
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