tatty
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Sophie lives by herself in a small, tatty apartment that belongs to her vile ex-husband, Paul.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
As soon as Williams ascends to a new height of fame, it begins to look tatty.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 24, 2024
If, as he spends the book insisting, all he and Meghan ever wanted was domestic simplicity — tatty sofas, Ikea lamps — then why, upon leaving the family, did they buy a $15 million house?
From Washington Post ● Jan. 13, 2023
"The children have absolutely nothing or very few things - a tatty party pack of cards and a really scruffy little teddy - but they were lovely and they just got on with it."
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2022
Lupin smiled vaguely and placed his tatty old briefcase on the teacher’s desk.
From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
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
Food on board will feature the best of Scottish cuisine including plates of smoked venison and haggis, neeps and tatties, as well an improved range of whiskies.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 27, 2019
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
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
