Tatty \Tat"ty\, n.; pl. Tatties. [Hind. [.t]a[.t][.t][imac].]
   A mat or screen of fibers, as of the kuskus grass, hung at a
   door or window and kept wet to moisten and cool the air as it
   enters. [India]
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

	

	tatty
    adj 1: showing signs of wear and tear; "a ratty old overcoat";
           "shabby furniture"; "an old house with dirty windows and
           tatty curtains" [syn: moth-eaten, ratty, shabby,
           tatty]
    2: tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish
       colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a
       meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments" [syn:
       brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy,
       gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty,
       tawdry, trashy]

	

	29 Moby Thesaurus words for "tatty":
   base, common, dowdy, down-at-heel, down-at-the-heels, frayed,
   frazzled, full of holes, holey, in rags, in shreds, in tatters,
   mean, paltry, patchy, poor, ragged, raggedy, ratty, rubbishy,
   scruffy, seedy, shabby, shoddy, sleazy, tacky, tattered, torn,
   trashy