tatting

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tatting/ˈtatɪŋ/

▶noun

• 1 a kind of knotted lace made by hand with a small shuttle.

• 2 the process of making such lace.

– origin C19: of unknown origin.

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tat1

▶noun Brit. informal tasteless or shoddy articles.

– origin C19: prob. a back-form. from tatty.

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tat2

▶verb (tats, tatting, tatted) do tatting; make by tatting.

– origin C19: back-form. from tatting.

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tat3

▶noun (in phr. tit for tat) see tit3.