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tatty

 
/ˈtæti/ adjective UK informal

Translation

untidy and in bad condition
düzensiz, eski püskü, kötü durumda; berbat
He turned up wearing a pair of tatty old jeans.1978
(Definition of tatty adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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