Associations to the word «Tatter»

Wiktionary

TATTER, noun. A shred of torn cloth; an individual item of torn and ragged clothing.
TATTER, noun. A person engaged in tatting.
TATTER, verb. To destroy an article of clothing by shredding.

Dictionary definition

TATTER, noun. A small piece of cloth or paper.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats