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Date: 1900-2000
Origin: tat 'dirty or torn piece of cloth' (19-20 centuries)

tatty

 adjective
     
tat‧ty comparative tattier, superlative tattiest
informal in bad condition [= shabby]:
tatty jeans
a few tatty old chairs
—tattily adverb
—tattiness noun [countable]
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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