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Tattersall, n. (and a.)|ˈtætəsəl|
[The name of Richard Tattersall (1724–95), horse-auctioneer.]
1. Used chiefly in the possessive (occas. abbrev. Tatt's, Tatts) to denote:
a. The horse-auction market established by him in 1766 at Hyde Park Corner. Also transf. and fig.
1795Sporting Mag. VI. 5/1 The gentlemen of the turf assembled every sale day..at Tattersalls. 1825Monthly Mag. 1 Mar. 129/2 The sale days, at Tattersall's, formerly on Monday and Thursday. 1834Carlyle Sart. Res. i. iv. 12/1 He burst forth like the neighing of all Tattersall's. 1846‘Sylvanus’ Pedestrian & Other Remin. xxv. 241 They've three or four working the oracle at Tatt's. 1880Illustr. Sporting & Dramatic News 4 Dec. 282/1 There has lately been opened at Christchurch, New Zealand a new ‘Tattersall's’, the want of which has long been felt. 1882C. M. Yonge Unknown to Hist. II. v. 64 ‘Paul's Walk’ was the Bond Street, the Row, the Tattersall's, the Club of London. 1893Cassell's Family Mag. Aug. 646/1 Ponies and donkeys are here too, for the costermongers. Indeed we might call it the costermonger's horse fair, the Tattersall's of the poorer classes. 1973Country Life 15 Nov. 1547/3 Tattersall's..moved from Hyde Park Corner in 1865, to Knightsbridge Green... Tattersall's continued selling bloodstock and hunters..for some years after the ring of carriage horses' hooves had ceased. 1982Daily Tel. 4 Mar. 18/3 The [Hunters' Improvement and National Horse Breeding] society..based..for the past 16 years at Tattersalls.
b. The principal betting enclosure on a racecourse. Also Tattersall's Ring.
1836T. Hood Let. 12 Jan. (1973) 211 Tattersall style of betting. 1843Illustr. London News 17 June 418/1 The winners have been haunting Tattersall's..in search of a settlement. 1863Observer 18 Jan. 2/4 The lobby of the hall is like the betting-room at Tattershall's in a low way. 1865Once a Week 28 Oct. 523/1 At one time..rarely did the flood of speculation overflow the dykes of ‘The Corner’. Now we have an al fresco Tattersall's at nearly every open space in London. 1901Cassell's Mag. Sept. 368/2 Tattersall's Ring at race-meetings and the committee of Tattersall's which rules the betting world, have now no connection with the firm..at Albert Gate. 1922N. & Q. 9 Sept. 206/2 Outside, all other enclosures on a racecourse save Tattersall's, which is ‘inside’. 1951E. Rickman Come racing with Me xvi. 151 The customary reference to the chief betting ‘ring’ on any racecourse as ‘Tattersalls’ or ‘Tatts’ is a relic of the rough-and-ready days when it was an enclosure used principally by bookmakers and backers who were members of Tattersalls' Subscription Room. 1962[see rail n.2 2 f]. 1973[see silver ring s.v. silver n. and a. 21 a]. 1983‘F. Parrish’ Bait on Hook v. 68 He had no real idea what class of man they were looking for—a denizen of the Members' [Enclosure] at {pstlg}6, Tattersalls at {pstlg}3.50, the Silver Ring for {pstlg}1, the course for nothing.
c. The name of a lottery which originated in Sydney in 1881, moved to Tasmania in 1896, and since 1954 has operated from Victoria. Freq. abbrev. in colloq. use.
1895N. Gould On & off Turf in Austral. vi. 52 (heading) ‘Tattersalls’ and ‘Oxenhams’. Ibid. 61 Mr. George Adams..runs his consultations, or sweeps, under the name of ‘Tattersall’, and they are very popular all over the Colonies. 1945Baker Austral. Lang. xv. 264 To take a ticket in Tatt's is to buy a ticket in Tattersall's sweepstakes, Tasmania. Safe as Tatt's is synonymous with perfect safety. 1951J. Frame Lagoon 57 His fingers search an envelope for the pink sheet that means Tatts results, ten thousand pounds first prize. 1957― Owls do Cry xvii. 73 The Art Union? There was a theory that if you bought a ticket up north where the population was thickest you were sure to win a prize. The raffle? Tatts? 1965Austral. Encycl. V. 371/2 The oldest continuing public lottery in Australia is ‘Tattersall's’,..established at Sydney in 1881... It took its name from Richard Tattersall's horse-auction mart in London. 1969Australian 24 May 40/4 My man asked if he would abolish Tatts, seeing gambling was such a reprehensible thing.
2. attrib. or as adj. (freq. with lower-case initial). Designating (a fabric with) a small and even check pattern or garments made from such a material. Hence tattersall-checked adj. Also absol.
From the traditional design of horse blankets.
1891Cassell's Family Mag. Dec. 58/1 All those curious checked cloths which rejoice in the name of ‘Tattersall’ because, I suppose, they resemble horse cloth. 1951J. D. Salinger Catcher in Rye xii. 103 This..guy, in a grey flannel suit and one of those flitty-looking tattersall vests. 1958Vogue Jan. 35 Tattersall checks of black and caramel. 1963Guardian 2 Oct. 8/5 Simpsons have Tattersall check shirts of woollen fabric. 1967[see gun club s.v. gun n. 17]. 1972New Yorker 7 Oct. 12/1 (Advt.), Snuggle yourself..inside our tattersall-checked robe. 1976National Observer (U.S.) 2 Oct. 3/3 (Advt.), Also available in neat tattersall checks of rust/green on camel ground. 1978N.Y. Times 30 Mar. c11/1 The collection's subdued neutral colors, sedate tattersalls and similarly classic patterns. 1980U. Curtiss Poisoned Orchard xii. 126 Fawn corduroys and a yellow tattersall shirt. 1981Daily Tel. 14 Sept. 13/2 Viyella Tattersall check shirt. |