tatters/ˈtætəz/EtymologyCognate with Old English tættec, tætteca.nounRagged clothing or fabric, paper, etc.“The universe is finished; the copestone is on, and the chips were carted off a million years ago. Poor Lazarus there, chattering his teeth against the curbstone for his pillow, and shaking off his tatters with his shiverings, he might plug up both ears with rags, and put a corn-cob into his mouth, and yet that would not keep out the tempestuous Euroclydon.”