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Definition of Tatty
1. Adjective. Showing signs of wear and tear. "An old house with dirty windows and tatty curtains"
2. Adjective. Tastelessly showy. "Tawdry ornaments"
Similar to: Tasteless
Derivative terms: Cheapness, Flash, Flashiness, Garishness, Garishness, Gaud, Gaudiness, Gaudiness, Loudness, Meretriciousness, Tackiness, Tat, Tawdriness, Trashiness
Definition of Tatty
1. n. A mat or screen of fibers, as of the kuskus grass, hung at a door or window and kept wet to moisten and cool the air as it enters.
Definition of Tatty
1. Noun. (Northern England Geordie slang) potato ¹
2. Adjective. Dilapidated, distressed, worn-out, torn ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tatty
1. shabby [adj -TIER, -TIEST] - See also: shabby
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tatty
Literary usage of Tatty
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Children's Literature: A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher by Charles Madison Curry (1921)
"TITTY MOUSE AND tatty MOUSE Titty Mouse and tatty Mouse both lived in a house,
Titty Mouse went a leasing and tatty Mouse went a leasing, So they both went ..."
2. Children's Literature: A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher by Charles Madison Curry (1921)
"TITTY MOUSE AND tatty MOUSE Titty Mouse and tatty Mouse both lived in a house,
Titty Mouse went a leasing and tatty Mouse went a leasing, So they both went ..."
3. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1879)
"... idea of being matted ; as, " a tatty dog, b. Perhaps rather allied to Isl.
t,iatt-a, to tease wool. V. Seren, vo. Tea*. TAUCH (gutt.), s. ..."
4. A Study of Fairy Tales by Laura Fry Kready (1916)
"In Titty Mouse and tatty Mouse the setting is realistic but becomes transformed
into the romantic when natural doings of everyday life take on meaning from ..."
5. The McCloskey Primer by Margaret Orvis McCloskey, Charles Copeland (1909)
"TITTY MOUSE AND tatty MOUSE Titty Mouse and tatty Mouse both lived in a house.
Titty Mouse went gleaning, and tatty Mouse went gleaning. ..."
6. Language Reader: First to Sixth Year by Franklin Thomas Baker, George Rice Carpenter, Katherine Bowditch Owens, Mary Elizabeth Brooks, Ida Elizabeth Robbins, Mary Frederika Kirchwey, Jennie Freeborn Owens, 1868- (1906)
"And tatty Mouse lived in a house. So they both lived in a house. And Titty Mouse
went thieving. And tatty Mouse went thieving. ..."
7. Language Reader by Franklin Thomas Baker, George Rice Carpenter, Jennie Freeborn Owens (1906)
"And tatty Mouse lived in a house. So they both lived in a house. And Titty Mouse
went thieving. ... tatty Mouse went thieving. So they both went thieving. ..."
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