Meaning

3 senses
  1. (Geordie, Northern England, Scotland)A potato.

  2. (India)A woven mat or screen hung at a door or window and kept wet to moisten and cool the air as it enters.

  3. A kind of reggae dance move.

Examples

2 sentences
  1. Tom's still got his tatty childhood teddy somewhere in the attic.

    У Тома досі десь на горищі лежить пошарпаний плюшевий ведмедик з його дитинства.

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  2. The backpack looks a bit tatty now, but is still fully functional.

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Origin

Clipping of potato + -y. From Hindi [Term?].

Clipping of potato + -y.

From Hindi [Term?].

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Forms

plural: tatties
Singulartatty
Pluraltatties

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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