Usually means: Worn, torn pieces of cloth.
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General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. tatter: Merriam-Webster
  2. tatter, tatter: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. tatter: Collins English Dictionary
  4. tatter: Vocabulary.com
  5. Tatter, tatter: Wordnik
  6. tatter: Wiktionary
  7. tatter: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. tatter: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. tatter: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. tatter: Dictionary.com
  11. tatter (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. Tatter: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. tatter: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. tatter: Rhymezone
  15. Tatter: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. tatter: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  17. tatter: FreeDictionary.org
  18. tatter: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. tatter: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. tatter: Encyclopedia

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  1. tatter: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. tatter: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. tatter: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (tatter)

▸ noun:  A shred of torn cloth; an individual item of torn and ragged clothing.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To destroy an article of clothing etc. by shredding.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To fall into tatters.
▸ noun:  A person engaged in tatting.

Similar:
rag, shred, tag, tag end, pelt, rags and tatters, tag, rag and bobtail, ragtag and bobtail, tag-rag and bobtail, threads, more...

Opposite:
intact, pristine, undamaged, unspoiled, unmarred

Types:
ragged, tattered, torn, frayed, shredded, worn, fraying, shredding, worn out, more...

Adjectives:
last, paltry, mere, foolish, flimsy, poor, next, beautiful, wretched, wretchedest, gilded

Colors:
    beige,     brown,     olive,     khaki,     taupe, more...


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Similar:
rag, shred, tag, tag end, pelt, rags and tatters, tag, rag and bobtail, ragtag and bobtail, tag-rag and bobtail, threads, more...

Opposite:
intact, pristine, undamaged, unspoiled, unmarred

Types:
ragged, tattered, torn, frayed, shredded, worn, fraying, shredding, worn out, more...

Adjectives:
last, paltry, mere, foolish, flimsy, poor, next, beautiful, wretched, wretchedest, gilded

Colors:
    beige,     brown,     olive,     khaki,     taupe, more...



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