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tatter
1[ tat-er ]
noun
- a torn piece hanging loose from the main part, as of a garment or flag.
- a separate torn piece; shred.
- tatters, torn or ragged clothing:
dressed in rags and tatters.
verb (used with object)
- to tear or wear to tatters.
verb (used without object)
- to become ragged.
tatter
/ ˈtætə /
verb
- to make or become ragged or worn to shreds
noun
- plural torn or ragged pieces, esp of material
- in tatters
- torn to pieces; in shreds
- destroyed or ruined
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tatter1
C14: of Scandinavian origin; compare Icelandic töturr rag, Old English tættec, Old High German zæter rag
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Example Sentences
They were weary, ragged, lean—seven very tatter-demalions—and the front man led them, tapping the ground with a long stick.
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Only here and there toward its lower rim a tatter in it revealed the giant's rugged brown muscle of volcanic rock.
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You go round by Tatter Brook, says he, an climb the hill from behind.
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Now quite unexpectedly we saw the "tatter of scarlet" from a new angle.
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A lump of beeswax, with a tatter of an old handkerchief run through it, makes a candle on an emergency.
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