TATTOO, TATTOOED
ADJECTIVES
1611 ► CUT-PAINTED adorned with cuts or gashes, tattooed → obs.
1989 ► TACKED BACK covered with tattoos → US sl.
NOUNS
1650 ► SKIN-PRINTS tattoo marks → obs.
1940 ► A.C.A.B. all coppers are bastards; a popular tattoo in the UK, esp. among Hell’s Angels and other outlaw groups → sl.
1992 ► TACK a (prison-created) tattoo → US criminals’ sl.
NOUNS, PERSON
1837 ► TATTOOER one who practices tattooing
1894 ► TATTOOIST a professional tattooer
1926 ► MODERN PRIMITIVE a member of a contemporary tribal culture; also, a person who adorns his or her body in a manner usually associated with certain tribal cultures, by tattooing, piercing, scarification, etc.
1972 ► TATTOO BOY one who flashes assorted tattoos → homosexual sl. (Bk.)
VERBS
1980 ► MARK UP to tattoo → Aust. prison sl.
1993 ► TAG to tattoo part of the body → US sl.
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