Definition of "patten" [pat•ten]

• Any one of various types of wooden-soled footwear, such as a sandal, shoe, or clog, worn to increase one's height or to keep one's feet out of the mud. (noun)

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• "If you aren’t exposed to a certain patten of speech (or thought, or dress), then how do you know to use it?"
• "Same way with a certain kind of patten leather button shoe or something."
• "They are at a real disadvantage because if they don't agree to the price that the Canadian government is going to allow they are not allowed to sell their drug in the market and if they don't start selling in Canada within two years after they start selling in the US, the Canadian government can take away the company's patten on the drug and let another company produce and sell the drug in Canada."