mid-14c., tatrid, "clad in slashed garments," from tatter (n.) or its Scandinavian source.
the tattered flag
tied up in tattered brown paper
a man in a tattered shirt
a tattered barefoot boy
my torn and tattered past
a tattered remnant of its former strength
tatami
Tatar
tater
tatter
tatterdemalion
tattered
tattersall
tatting
tattle
tattletale
tattoo
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