the owner has let the restaurant become increasingly tatty over the years
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Dings, dents, and tatty old stickers are seen as badges of honor, battle scars from a hectic life as an international jet-setter.—Chris Haslam, Wired News, 1 May 2026 The aging, tatty, late-modern Pimlico was demolished last year as 1/ST and the state of Maryland hammered out their $48-million deal for the state to take over the track.—Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2026 Callum’s mule is based on a tatty 1999 Mini 40th special edition.—Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 10 Mar. 2026 The carpets were tatty; the meeting rooms were ill-equipped.—Sam Knight, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for tatty
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Etymology
perhaps akin to Old English tætteca rag — more at tatter