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TATTY
brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy
(adjective) tastelessly showy; “a flash car”; “a flashy ring”; “garish colors”; “a gaudy costume”; “loud sport shirts”; “a meretricious yet stylish book”; “tawdry ornaments”
ratty, moth-eaten, shabby, tatty
(adjective) showing signs of wear and tear; “a ratty old overcoat”; “shabby furniture”; “an old house with dirty windows and tatty curtains”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
tatty (plural tatties)
(Scotland, Northern England, Geordie, ) potato
Etymology 2
Adjective
tatty (comparative tattier, superlative tattiest)
Tattered; dilapidated, distressed, worn-out, torn
Etymology 3
Noun
tatty (plural tatties)
(India) A woven mat or screen hung at a door or window and kept wet to moisten and cool the air as it enters.
Source: Wiktionary
Tat"ty, n.; pl. Tatties (#). [Hind. tsatstsi.]
Definition: 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]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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