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tattered

[tat-erd] / ˈtæt ərd /


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Tattered sweaters, linen T-shirts, parachute shirts and “bondage suits” are printed with slogans that read “Only anarchists are pretty” and “Anarchist punk gang.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

Tattered curtains, matted carpets and missing shower heads were replaced.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2024

Bainbridge Island author David Guterson remembered a 1994 book-signing of his novel “Snow Falling on Cedars” at The Tattered Cover in Denver — attended only by his brother Ben.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 27, 2023

Hotchner presented Joyce Meskis, owner of the Tattered Cover Book Store in Denver, with a PEN American Center award recognizing her efforts on behalf of freedom of speech and expression.

From New York Times • Jan. 7, 2023

Neither Caggo nor D’han was Westerosi, but both were captains and stood high in the Tattered Prince’s regard.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin




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