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I've got a writ for you, rat. It's a rat writ writ for a rat.
— Rooster Cogburn ‧ True Grit
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The speaker addresses a rat and announces a writ ready for the target, then piles up the words in a tongue-twisting phrase: a rat writ writ for a rat. The legal threat is delivered with insulting relish, using repetition to make the label stick.
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