tatty
Example Sentences
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If, as he spends the book insisting, all he and Meghan ever wanted was domestic simplicity — tatty sofas, Ikea lamps — then why, upon leaving the family, did they buy a $15 million house?
From Washington Post • Jan. 13, 2023
Her mordant social commentary is lodged between the glamorous fizz of Warhol and the tatty thrift store aesthetic of Mike Kelley.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2022
"Noone can stop them," mused Fane on Gran Canaria island where colourful, abandoned migrant boats contain tatty shoes, sardine tins, plastic bottles and a life vest.
From Reuters • Aug. 11, 2022
If Spall was a painting, he says he would probably be a tatty picture on the BBC TV antiques programme Flog It!
From BBC • Jun. 18, 2021
She sagged onto the sofa and tucked her legs up under her tatty pink bathrobe.
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
