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Definition of Tattersalls
1. n. A famous horse market in London, established in 1766 by Richard Tattersall, also used as the headquarters of credit betting on English horse races; hence, a large horse market elsewhere.
Definition of Tattersalls
1. Noun. (British) A rendezvous at most British racecourses, provided by a company of auctioneers ¹
2. Noun. (plural of tattersall) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tattersalls
1. tattersall [n] - See also: tattersall
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tattersalls
Literary usage of Tattersalls
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fores's Sporting Notes & Sketches: A Quarterly Magazine Descriptive of (1890)
"A perfect world in itself is the yard at tattersalls—a microcosm in which is
reflected all that takes place in the larger universe of sport beyond its walls ..."
2. Sporting Reminiscences by Thomas Haydon (1898)
"Its functions were precisely similar to those of the English tattersalls, as far
as the settlement of betting disputes and other like matters were concerned ..."
3. Trumps: A Novel by George William Curtis (1861)
"How very like he is to Viscount tattersalls. You've not been in England, I believe,
... You remember our particular friend Lord Viscount tattersalls ? ..."
4. Goodwin's Official Annual Turf Guide for ...Horse racing (1895)
"Yearlings, Racehorses in Training AND Thoroughbreds of all Descriptions SOLO BY
PUBLIC AUCTION BY tattersalls (of New York), LIMITED AGENTS MESSRS. ..."
5. The Sporting Life and Other Trifles by Robert Lynd (1922)
"For three pounds you get a badge—a brown, green, yellow and white shield — that
admits you to the grand stand, tattersalls and the paddock, and if you visit ..."
6. Principles of the English Law of Contract and of Agency in Its Relation to by William Reynell Anson (1906)
"Read was a turf-commissioner and a member of tattersalls. If he had failed to
pay the bets he would have been expelled from tattersalls, and have lost his ..."
7. Principles of the English Law of Contract and of Agency in Its Relation to by William Reynell Anson (1906)
"Read was a turf-commissioner and a member of tattersalls. If he had failed to
pay the bets he would have been expelled from tattersalls, and have lost his ..."
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