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Etymology 1

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Clipping of potato.

Noun

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tatty (plural tatties)

  1. (Scotland, Northern England, Geordie) A potato.
    Synonyms: spud, tater
    • 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 245:
      I'm buying fucking tatties.
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Etymology 2

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From tatter +‎ -y.

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tatty (comparative tattier, superlative tattiest)

  1. 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.
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Etymology 3

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From Hindi [Term?].

Noun

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tatty (plural tatties)

  1. (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; []
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Etymology 4

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Noun

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tatty (plural tatties)

  1. A kind of reggae dance move.
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Scots

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Noun

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tatty (plural tatties)

  1. Alternative form of tattie