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▪ I. tattie|ˈtætɪ|
[Dial. variant of potato n. 2. See dialect dicts. for fuller documentation. Cf. tater; tatie.]
1. = potato n. 2. Also fig., a stupid person.
c1800in F. P. Hett Mem. S. Sibbald (1926) 203 Then there's champit tatties, after they are boiled, the water is poured off them then they ar' champet wi' the champer in the pot. 1879Forfar Poets 139 Gae hame, ye simple tattie. 1901G. Douglas House with Green Shutters 234 I'll feenish the tatties at ony rate. 1921A. S. Neill Carroty Broon xv. 202 I'm at the tatties wi' achteenpence a day. 1973Stornoway Gazette 27 Jan. 10/4 Tatties and herrings for supper. 1976Sunday Mail (Glasgow) 26 Dec. 18/1 A tractor ran over her leg as she was picking tatties from a field on the outskirts of Monifeith.
2. attrib. and Comb., as tattie-field; tattie-bogle = potato-bogle s.v. potato n. 7; also fig., a simpleton; tattie-trap slang = potato-trap s.v. potato n. 7.
1865Scotsman 28 June, First then come the trades' unions and strikes,..as a tattie-bogle..to scare the black and croaking denizens of the wood. 1922J. Buchan Huntingtower xii. 240 There's..me..no more use than a tattie-bogle. 1969M. Pugh Last Place Left xii. 73 The gasworks doctor, you tattie bogle. There's only one doctor. 1979L. Derwent Border Bairn xi. 128 Others I dredged up from somewhere in my head, about tattie-bogles, bubblyjocks and real adventures.
1891Barrie Little Minister III. xxxv. 64 The Retery's in flood..; T'now-dunnie's tattie field's out o' sicht. 1983Listener 18 Aug. 23/2 Another Time, Another Place includes a vivid background of wet and windy tattie fields.
1894J. B. Salmond My Man Sandy 175 Juist you keep your tattie-trap steekit. 1899A. L. Salmon West-Country Ballads 74 Cureit's tattie-trap an' muzzle, Like a bwoy's be smooth an' bare.
▪ II. tattie
var. tatty n.; obs. f. tatty a.1 |