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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Clipping of potato.
Noun
tatty (plural tatties)
- (Scotland, Northern England, Geordie) A potato.
- Synonyms: spud, tater
2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 245:I'm buying fucking tatties.
Etymology 2
From tatter + -y.
Adjective
tatty (comparative tattier, superlative tattiest)
- Tattered; dilapidated, distressed, worn-out, torn
The tramp wore a tatty old overcoat.
2007, Arctic Monkeys, “The Bakery”, in Fluorescent Adolescent:I wish you would have smiled in the bakery
Or sat on a tatty settee
At a mutual friend's gathering
2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 67:I have arrived to catch the 0830 TfW service to Crewe, worked by a tatty and unrefurbished 175114. As if ashamed of its appearance, it slinks into Platform 2 (instead of Platform 1, where it was expected). No announcement had been made, and we leave without any fanfare.
Translations
Etymology 3
From Hindi .
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.
1855, Pharoah and Co, A Gazetteer of Southern India, page 553:[…] tatties are placed in front of the verandahs to keep out the rains during the monsoon; […]
Etymology 4
Noun
tatty (plural tatties)
- A kind of reggae dance move.
See also
Scots
Noun
tatty (plural tatties)
- Alternative form of tattie