Shabby, worn, or in poor condition; ragged or tattered in appearance.
Possibly from Scottish or Northern English dialect, related to 'tatter' or 'tear.' The exact origin is uncertain, but it emerged in regional English variants.
This is a wonderfully descriptive dialect word that captures something between 'shabby' and 'ragged'—regional languages often have these perfectly specific words that standard English forces us to use three words to describe!
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