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tat·ter·sall (tat′ər sôl′)

noun

a checkered pattern of dark lines on a light background

Etymology: after Tattersall's, a London horse market and gamblers' rendezvous, founded (1766) by Richard Tattersall

adjective

having such a pattern

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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