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Tatters

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈtætəz

Definitions

Ragged clothing or fabric, paper, etc.

plural, plural-only

Equivalents

Españoljirones
Italianostracci
9 more languages
العربيةالخرق
Češtinačáryhadry
Suomiriekale
Gàidhligluideagan
Հայերենցնցոտի
Tagaloglawing
Українськалахміття

Examples

The universe is finished; the copestone is on, and the chips were carted off a million years ago. Poor Lazarus there, chattering his teeth against the curbstone for his pillow, and shaking off his tatters with his shiverings, he might plug up both ears with rags, and put a corn-cob into his mouth, and yet that would not keep out the tempestuous Euroclydon.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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