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tatty adjective [ ˈtati ]

• worn and shabby; in poor condition.
• "tatty upholstered furniture"
Origin: early 16th century (originally Scots, in the sense ‘tangled, matted, shaggy’): apparently ultimately related to Old English tættec ‘rag’, of Germanic origin; compare with tattered.


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