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 Definitions for tatty: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Tatty \Tat"ty\, n.; pl. Tatties. [Hind. [.t]a[.t][.t][imac].]
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. [India]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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tatty
adj 1: showing signs of wear and tear; "a ratty old overcoat";
"shabby furniture"; "an old house with dirty windows
and tatty curtains" [syn: {moth-eaten}, ratty, shabby]
2: tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish
colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a
meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments" [syn: brassy,
cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack,
loud, meretricious, tacky, tawdry, trashy]
[also: tattiest, tattier]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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29 Moby Thesaurus words for "tatty":
base, common, dowdy, down-at-heel, down-at-the-heels, frayed,
frazzled, full of holes, holey, in rags, in shreds, in tatters,
mean, paltry, patchy, poor, ragged, raggedy, ratty, rubbishy,
scruffy, seedy, shabby, shoddy, sleazy, tacky, tattered, torn,
trashy
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