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tatters

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tat·ter 1  (ttr)
n.
1. A torn and hanging piece of cloth; a shred.
2. tatters Torn and ragged clothing; rags.
tr. & intr.v. tat·tered, tat·ter·ing, tat·ters
To make or become ragged.

[Middle English tater, of Scandinavian origin.]

tat·ter 2  (ttr)
n.
One that makes tatting, especially as a livelihood.

tatters
Noun, pl
1. torn ragged clothing
2. in tatters
a. (of clothing) torn in several places
b. (of an argument, plan, etc.) completely destroyed
Translations
tatters [ˈtætəz] npl in tatters (also: tattered) → hecho jirones

tatters [ˈtætəz] npl in tatters (also: tattered) → en lambeaux

tatters [ˈtætəz] npl to be in tatters (clothes) → in Fetzen sein

tatters [ˈtætəz] npl in tatters (also: tattered) → a brandelli, sbrindellato/a

tatters
n pl tatters [ˈtӕtəz]
torn and ragged pieces tatters of clothing. flenters خِرْقَةٌ من الثِّياب дрипи cáry laser die Lumpen(pl.) κουρέλια harapos, andrajos, jirones räbalad بخش پاره شدۀ لباس repaleet lambeaux בְּלוּיִים चिथडा़ prnje, dronjci rongy cabikan tötrar, fataræflar cenci ぼろ skutai skrandas koyak-rabak flarden filler strzępy farrapos zdrenţe клочья zdrapy, handry cape dronjci trasor, paltor ผ้าขี้ริ้ว yırtık pırtık elbise 破布條,碎紙片, 碎布 лахміття, дрантя چيتھڑا rẻ rách 破布,
adj tattered
ragged or torn a tattered cloak/book. verflenterd مُمَزَّق дрипав roztrhaný laset zerlumpt κουρελιασμένος hecho jirones; andrajoso, harapiento räbaldunud ژنده؛ پاره پوره repaleinen en loques/lambeaux מְרוּפַּט फटा-पुराना odrpan, poderan rongyos robek-robek tættur, rifinn cencioso ぼろの 넝마의 sudriskęs noskrandis; noplīsis koyak-rabak haveloos fillet, laset postrzępiony rasgado zdrenţuit разорванный roztrhaný razcapan pohaban trasig, fransig ซึ่งขาดรุ่งริ่ง yırtık pırtık 破爛的 обірваний, обдертий ٹکڑے ٹکڑے rách; bị rách
in tatters
in a torn and ragged condition His clothes were in tatters. verflenterd مُمَزَّق، خِرَقاً на парцали v cárech i laser zerfetzt κουρελιασμένος hecho jirones, hecho trozos, destrozado räbalais از بین رفته؛ پاره پوره شده riekaleina en loques/lambeaux הָרוּס poderan, pohaban cafatokban compang-camping í tætlum a brandelli ぼろ着で 다 해진 sudriskęs, vieni skutai [] skrandās koyak-rabak aan flarden i filler w strzępach em farrapos zdrenţuit в клочьях na zdrapy v capah u dronjcima i trasor ในสภาพขาดรุ่งริ่ง yırtık pırtık 衣衫襤褸的 у лахмітті پھٹي ہوئي حالت ميں bị phá hủy; bị đổ vỡ 褴褛的


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Poor Lazarus there, chattering his teeth against the curbstone for his pillow, and shaking off his tatters with his shiverings, he might plug up both ears with rags, and put a corn-cob into his mouth, and yet that would not keep out the tempestuous Euroclydon.
She cannot flee, Since her few tatters scarce suffice to clothe Her shrunken limbs.
The damask cushion, once so splendid, was now squeezed out of all shape, and absolutely in tatters, so many were the ponderous gentlemen who had deposited their weight upon it during these thirty years.
 
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