TATTIE

Meaning of TATTIE in English

/ ˈtæti; NAmE / noun

( ScotE , informal ) a potato

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WORD ORIGIN

late 18th cent.: alteration.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

TATTIE — noun Etymology: by shortening & alteration Date: 1788 potato
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TATTIE — ˈtati noun ( -s ) Etymology: by shortening & alteration Scotland : potato
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TATTIE — /tat"ee/ , n. tatty 2 .
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TATTIE — n. (Slang) potato (Scottish usage)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
TATTIE — noun Etymology: by shortening & alteration Date: 1788 Scottish : potato
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TATTIE — ■ noun informal, chiefly Scottish a potato. Origin C18: alt.
Concise Oxford English vocab
TATTIE — [tat.tie] n [by shortening & alter.] (1788) Scot: potato
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TATTIE — tattie BrE AmE ˈtæt i AmE \ ˈtæt̬ i ▷ tattie|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TATTIE — tat ‧ tie /ˈtæti/ BrE AmE noun [countable] a potato – used in Scotland
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TATTIE — n. Pronunciation: ' ta-t ē Function: noun Etymology: by shortening & alteration Date: 1788 Scottish : POTATO
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
TATTIE DOOLIE — -ˈdüli noun Etymology: Scots doolie scarecrow, of imitative origin Scotland : tattie bogle
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TATTIE BOGLE — noun Scotland : a scarecrow in a potato field
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TATTY — I. ˈtad.]ē, -at], ]i\ adjective Etymology: perhaps akin to Old English tætteca rag, tatter — more at tatter 1. dialect …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TATTY — tatty 1 — tattily , adv. — tattiness , n. /tat"ee/ , adj., tattier, tattiest . 1. cheap or tawdry; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HALLOWEEN — 31 October, the evening of All Saints Day and the last day in the old Celtic calendar. It was associated …
Scottish Slang English vocabulary

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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