tatty
adjective
cheap or tawdry; vulgar.
tatties
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pluralof tatty.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Yes, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player and Arnold Palmer tucked in a bib and tucked into the haggis, accompanied by neeps and tatties, cute Scottish names for turnips and potatoes, mashed and buttered.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2025
The “Haggis, Neeps & Tatties” — neeps and tatties are turnips and potatoes and haggis is, well, a lot of things — gets a rating of 3.4.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 6, 2021
The theme was Scottish, in honor of Carnegie, and, after a lunch of braised short ribs Balmoral and roasted tatties, Judy Woodruff, the PBS news anchor, began the ceremony.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 14, 2016
Bashed neeps Champit tatties Haggis McNuggets Cranachan “Wee, sleekit, cowrin, tim'rous beastie...”
From The Guardian ● Jan. 25, 2011
It’s all very tidy and pretty in a wifely way, but she’ll have dug up her geraniums to plant tatties for the War Effort.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
