An aged man is but a paltry thing, A tattered coat upon a stick. From LearnThat.org. [William Butler Yeats (1865-1939), Irish poet, playwright and mystic.]
Noun : dressed in rags and tatters. From Dictionary.com.
Overused magazines in waiting rooms will tatter and spoil. From Wordnik.com. [C. Brian Smith: A Letter to California Heterosexuals] Reference
Better rich to wear a tatter, than poor, wear silk, I said. From Wordnik.com. [Stories in Verse] Reference
"And sing, and louder sing for every tatter in its mortal dress.". From Wordnik.com. [Flux Tales of Human Futures]
The road which leads to the tatter-heap of memories is now closed.'. From Wordnik.com. [bp Nichol] Reference
Soon the horses shred and tatter, fading into cartoonish, equine ghosts. From Wordnik.com. [365 tomorrows » 2008 » April : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day] Reference
You know, first, is it going to tatter and pieces are going to come off?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 4, 2005] Reference
For every tatter in its mortal dress, or Pants-suit in the case of Hillary. From Wordnik.com. [Mitt Quits « Whatever] Reference
The tatter of something insubstantial flitted past, like an angelfish in an aquarium. From Wordnik.com. [Sparks] Reference
With her free hand she groped, caught hold of something, lifted a gray tatter up to view. From Wordnik.com. [The Boat of a Million Years]
Each bag of tatter is a brown lunch bag filled to the brim with vintage shredded ephemera. From Wordnik.com. [Eco Packaging Handmade For You: Bags and Boxes] Reference
But the “progressive drumbeat” is designed to tatter the American will to fight AND win. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Rep. Bradley Leaves Missile Attack Out of Editorial Critical of Iraq Coverage] Reference
The bone which had been within the meat lay to one side, with a tatter of rope, amidst straw. From Wordnik.com. [Renegades Of Gor]
Perhaps the knuckle-tatter is just expressing positive thoughts for the plight of the gypsies?. From Wordnik.com. [Cheese Up, Blows Down: Self-Expression and Self-Defense] Reference
She claws at the rocks for purchase and screeches angrily as her wings tatter from the beatings. From Wordnik.com. [Slayed] Reference
Eventually, the stars come on, erratically, in clusters, through the branch tangle and cloud tatter. From Wordnik.com. [New Race] Reference
But the “progressive drumbeat†is designed to tatter the American will to fight AND win. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Rep. Bradley Leaves Missile Attack Out of Editorial Critical of Iraq Coverage] Reference
By the time the blast wave had passed him, a stretch of costume across his shoulder blades flapped in a bloody tatter. From Wordnik.com. [The Sinister Six Combo]
Stichguide If you're a quilter, embroiderer, tatter, knitter, etc. you may find these stitches and patterns useful. From Wordnik.com. [Behind the News] Reference
Her cane, made from a tatter umbrella, rights her slender body as best it can, but still she stumbles on the uneven path. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-01-01] Reference
A tatter of plaid of the Black Watch. on a wire of a. From Wordnik.com. [A Minstrel in France] Reference
Lads drunk on new tattoos offer tatter-notes for favours. From Wordnik.com. [The Rik Files] Reference
Hinduism, but, as has been seen, the tatter has a root in the cult of. From Wordnik.com. [The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow] Reference
Lunch - BBQ chicken, tasty tatter tots, coleslaw and rosey applesauce. From Wordnik.com. [Clovis News Journal : News] Reference
Cheeseburger on a bun, lettuce, pickles, tasty tatter tots and fruit cup. From Wordnik.com. [Clovis News Journal : News] Reference
The water was still; the twilight was chill; the sky was a tatter of gray. From Wordnik.com. [Ballads of a Cheechako] Reference
Corn dogs, tatter tots, green beans, fruit, salad bar, soup and variety of milk. From Wordnik.com. [Clovis News Journal : News] Reference
That described Isaac to the last tatter, only he couldn't waste money; he never had any. From Wordnik.com. [Laddie; a true blue story] Reference
I wonder if this small tatter of inspiration is a sign of what is to come in our galaxy. From Wordnik.com. [starwars.com Blogs] Reference
Because the paltry tatter of a garment, reticulated for you out of thrums and listings in. From Wordnik.com. [Latter-Day Pamphlets] Reference
Had the troopers still been there, they could have made short work of these tatter-demalions. From Wordnik.com. [Saint Martin's Summer] Reference
She wished to discover what remnant, tatter or shred of her early faith still clung about her. From Wordnik.com. [Evelyn Innes] Reference
In the little brass bowl lay a blood-stained fragment of grayish hair attached to a tatter of skin. From Wordnik.com. [The Return of Dr. Fu-Manchu] Reference
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