Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1897
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TATTER, v.2 To bustle actively, to move or run at great speed. Also in Eng. dial.Kcb. 1897 Crockett Lochinvar v.:
Running fleet-foot as though the devil himself had been tattering at his tail.
