TATTER, TATTERED
ADJECTIVES
– ALL TO RATS AND RIBBONS ragged, tattered ,,,,B1900 Eng. dial.
– BETATTERED all in tatters, ragged …1618
– BETORN torn; torn about the sides, tattered …a1300 obs.
– HAGGERTY-TAGGERTY in a ragged state; tattered; like a ragamuffin …1891 Sc.
– HAGGERTY-TAG-LIKE ragged, tattered, ragamuffin …Bk1905 Sc.
– MORE HOLY THAN RIGHTEOUS phr. applied to a tattered garment or person …1880 colloq.
– RAGG-ARSED of clothes: tattered …L19 sl.
– RAGG-ASSED of clothes: tattered …L19 sl.
– RAGGED-ARSE tattered …c1880 sl.
– RAGGED-ARSED of clothes: tattered …L19 sl.
– RAGGEDY-ARSE tattered …c1880 sl.
– RAGGEDY-ARSED of clothes: tattered …L19 sl.
– RAGGEDY-ASS of clothes: tattered …L19 sl.
– RAGGEDY-ASSED of clothes: tattered …L19 sl.
– RAGGY-ARSE tattered …c1880 sl.
– RAGGY-ARSED tattered …c1880 sl.
– RAG-TAILED tattered; like a ragamuffin …1887 colloq.
– TAGGED of a garment: slashed; tattered …c1380
– TAGGOWY tattered, ragged …1929 Sc.
– TALDERY tattered, ragged …1929 Sc.
– TARGED shabby in appearance; tattered …Bk1905 Sc. obs.
– TATTER tattered, ragged …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– TATTERY tattered, ragged, frayed out …1835 Eng. dial.
NOUNS
– FANEREL a rag, a tatter, a flapping piece of cloth …1819 Sc.
– JAGS rags, tatters …1637 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– JAM-RAGS rags, tatters …1878 Eng. dial. obs.
– JIM-RAGS rags, tatters, shreds …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– LALLOPS rags, tatters …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– LITTOCKS rags and tatters …Bk1886 Eng. dial.
– RAGS AND JAGS tattered clothing …c1860 sl.
– RALLOCK a tattered garment; a rag …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– RALTALLACKS rags and tatters …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– RATS rags, tatters …1790 Eng. dial.
– TAG-RAG a fluttering rag, a tatter …1827
– TAIVERS rags, tatters, tears …1846 Sc.
– TARGAT a tatter; a shred …1773 Sc. obs.
– TARGET a tatter, a shred …1773 Sc.
– TATTER-WALLOPS rags, tatters; torn flapping clothing …1819 Sc. & Eng. dial.
VERBS
1877 ► TARTLE to rend, to tatter → Sc. & Ireland
1904 ► SCOW to trim; to cut off rags or tatters → Sc. (Bk.)
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