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tatty

noun
/ˈtæti/

Etymology

Clipping of potato.

  1. derived from *tat(t)uraz✻ — “tuft, patch”
  2. derived from tǫturr
  3. inherited from tater
  4. suffixed as tatty — “tatter + y”

Definitions

  1. A potato.

    • I'm buying fucking tatties.

  2. Tattered

    Tattered; dilapidated, distressed, worn-out, torn.

    • The tramp wore a tatty old overcoat.
    • I wish you would have smiled in the bakery Or sat on a tatty settee At a mutual friend's gathering

  3. A woven mat or screen hung at a door or window and kept wet to moisten and cool the air…

    A woven mat or screen hung at a door or window and kept wet to moisten and cool the air as it enters.

    • […] tatties are placed in front of the verandahs to keep out the rains during the monsoon; […]
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A kind of reggae dance move.

    2. Alternative form of tat (“tattoo”).

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA