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tattery, a.|ˈtætərɪ|
[f. tatter n.1 + -y.]
Full of tatters; tattered, ragged. Also Comb., as tattery-clothed adj.
c1843Carlyle Hist. Sk. (1898) 242 Deluges of tangled tattery hair. 1867― Remin. (1881) II. 21 Books in tattery, ill-bound or unbound condition. 1941S. O'Casey Let. Jan. (1975) I. 874 The half-fed, tattery-clothed, lice-lorn children scattered now over England by the falling bombs. |
