Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Somewhat worn, shabby, or dilapidated.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
tauted . - noun An East Indian matting made from the fiber of the cuscus-grass, which has a pleasant fragrance.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun India 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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Northern England, Geordie, slang
potato - adjective
Dilapidated ,distressed ,worn-out ,torn
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective showing signs of wear and tear
- adjective tastelessly showy
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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And ever since OK! magazine announced that it was to run a warts-and-all account of Britney Spears' photo shoot meltdown, the world has been on the edge of its seat in anticipation of today's OK! magazine, because it had to – it just had to – have a picture of Britney Spears stumbling around out of her mind like some kind of tatty old shit-and-grease-covered redneck zombie.
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Of course - everybody knows it, but in these days of 'tatty' talent shows, he rarely gets a mention.
Expecting Rain 2009
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Strictly Come Dancing: Viewers outraged by tiny and 'tatty' dresses that are cheapening the show
Home | Mail Online 2009
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Strictly Come Dancing: Viewers outraged by tiny and 'tatty' dresses that are cheapening the show
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Strictly Come Dancing: Viewers outraged by tiny and 'tatty' dresses that are cheapening the show
Home | Mail Online 2009
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The effect is that of a slightly withered, tatty, Miss Havisham-esque hold-all.
When It Comes to Style, It's In the Bag Tina Gaudoin 2011
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Meanwhile a tatty but unmolested car is often worth far more than an identical model that has been insensitively or inaccurately restored.
Buying Into Old-Fashioned Value Matthew Master 2011
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I can't quite describe the sensation of opening an envelope to find the tatty, coffee-stained old passport pictures of Education Minister Jane the Hutt.
Archive 2009-04-01 2009
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What joy that tatty rag brings to an otherwise dull world and a peep into the minds of the distinctly vague and those living in a parallel universe.
Police Need Intelligence Shock « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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It shrugged its attackers off, determined to reach some tatty bramble flowers with an appetite as fierce as the buzzard's.
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