Synonyms for tatty

Grammar : Adj

Spell : tat-ee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈtæt i

Top 10 synonyms for tatty

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Définition of tatty

Origin : 1510s, "tangled or matted" (of hair), Scottish, probably related to Old English tættec "a rag" (see tatter). Sense of "tattered, ragged, shabby" first recorded 1933.

adj shabby

Example sentences :

Then Tatty sat down and wept, and a three-legged stool said: "Tatty, why do you weep?"
Extract from : « Childhood's Favorites and Fairy Stories » by Various

Then Tatty sat down and wept; then a three-legged stool said: "Tatty, why do you weep?"
Extract from : « Children's Literature » by Charles Madison Curry

Titty and Tatty are among the many rhyming compounds of which the meaning is no longer clear.
Extract from : « Comparative Studies in Nursery Rhymes » by Lina Eckenstein

"Titty Mouse and Tatty Mouse" also ends in a universal calamity which seems to arise from a cause of no great importance.
Extract from : « English Fairy Tales » by Anonymous

Titty Mouse gleaned an ear of corn, and Tatty Mouse gleaned an ear of corn.
Extract from : « English Fairy Tales » by Flora Annie Steel

But when Titty went to put hers in, the pot tumbled over, and scalded her to death, and Tatty sat down and wept.
Extract from : « English Fairy Tales » by Flora Annie Steel

Titty Mouse went a-gleaning, and Tatty Mouse went a-gleaning.
Extract from : « English Fairy Tales » by Flora Annie Steel

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