tat (tat)

tato (tat), n. [Cant.] Dekker and Webster, Northward Ho, ii. 1. A dialectal variant of that. [Appar.abbr. of tatter1.] Arag. Now, I'll tell you about the tat (rag) gatherers; buying rags they call it, but I call it bouncing people. Mayhew , London Labour and London Poor, I. 424. tato (tat), v. i. [ He goes tatting and billy-hunting in the country (gathering rags and buying old metal). Mayhew , London Labour and London Poor, I. 417. tat6 (tat), n. [Hind. tat .] In India, cloth or matting made from different fibers; especially, gunny-cloth.