rag-and-tatteradj.

Brit.

/ˌraɡ(ə)n(d)ˈtatə/, U.S.

/ˌræɡənˈtædər/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rag n.², and conj.¹, tatter n.¹

Etymology: < rag n.² + and conj.¹ + tatter n.¹

attributive.

Full of or characterized by rags and tatters, ragged. Also figurative.

ΚΠ

1881 Times 13 Jan. 7/4 There was what Dean Stanley called the ‘rag-and-tatter’ subscription of 1865.

1886 R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped xxvi. 267 Ye have a fine, hang-dog, rag-and-tatter..kind of a look.

1925 J. G. Neihardt Coll. Poems (1926) 460 Her rag-and-tatter robe of faded green Blown dustily about her.

1946 Council Bluffs (Iowa) Nonpareil 27 Aug. 1/6 Election of a king of hoboes will be the chief convention job... Candidates for top rag and tatter man include Ben (Hobo) Benson.

1988 L. van der Post & D. Coulson Lost World of Kalahari (new ed.) 261 (caption) A blind old Bushman lady, already drawn into the rag and tatter fringes of what now passes for culture around the Kalahari, is led back to her shelter before the night can fall.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rag-and-tatter
释义	rag-and-tatteradj. Brit. /ˌraɡ(ə)n(d)ˈtatə/, U.S. /ˌræɡənˈtædər/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rag n.², and conj.¹, tatter n.¹ Etymology: < rag n.² + and conj.¹ + tatter n.¹ attributive. Full of or characterized by rags and tatters, ragged. Also figurative. ΚΠ 1881 Times 13 Jan. 7/4 There was what Dean Stanley called the ‘rag-and-tatter’ subscription of 1865. 1886 R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped xxvi. 267 Ye have a fine, hang-dog, rag-and-tatter..kind of a look. 1925 J. G. Neihardt Coll. Poems (1926) 460 Her rag-and-tatter robe of faded green Blown dustily about her. 1946 Council Bluffs (Iowa) Nonpareil 27 Aug. 1/6 Election of a king of hoboes will be the chief convention job... Candidates for top rag and tatter man include Ben (Hobo) Benson. 1988 L. van der Post & D. Coulson Lost World of Kalahari (new ed.) 261 (caption) A blind old Bushman lady, already drawn into the rag and tatter fringes of what now passes for culture around the Kalahari, is led back to her shelter before the night can fall. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1881
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