tattien.
/ˈtati/, U.S. /ˈtædi/ = potato n. 2. Also figurative, a stupid person.
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the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > root vegetable > [noun] > potato
potato root1583
potato1597
Irish potato1664
pratie1749
earth apple1750
Murphy1750
tater1759
tatie1788
tattiec1800
pomme de terrec1810
potato tuber1844
spud1845
nav1893
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > root vegetables > potato
potato root1583
pratie1749
Murphy1750
tater1759
pomme de terre1776
Irish apricot1785
tatie1788
tattiec1800
spud1845
aloo1916
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > stupid person, dolt, blockhead > [noun]
asseOE
sotc1000
beastc1225
long-ear?a1300
stock1303
buzzard1377
mis-feelinga1382
dasarta1400
stonea1400
dasiberd14..
dottlec1400
doddypoll1401
dastardc1440
dotterel1440
dullardc1440
wantwit1449
jobardc1475
nollc1475
assheada1500
mulea1500
dull-pate15..
peak1509
dulbert?a1513
doddy-patec1525
noddypolla1529
hammer-head1532
dull-head?1534
capon1542
dolt1543
blockhead1549
cod's head1549
mome1550
grout-head1551
gander1553
skit-brains?1553
blocka1556
calfa1556
tomfool1565
dunce1567
druggard1569
cobble1570
dummel1570
Essex calf1573
jolthead1573
hardhead1576
beetle-head1577
dor-head1577
groutnoll1578
grosshead1580
thickskin1582
noddyship?1589
jobbernowl1592
beetle-brain1593
Dorbel1593
oatmeal-groat1594
loggerhead1595
block-pate1598
cittern-head1598
noddypoop1598
dorbellist1599
numps1599
dor1601
stump1602
ram-head1605
look-like-a-goose1606
ruff1606
clod1607
turf1607
asinego1609
clot-poll1609
doddiea1611
druggle1611
duncecomb1612
ox-head1613
clod-polla1616
dulman1615
jolterhead1620
bullhead1624
dunderwhelpa1625
dunderhead1630
macaroona1631
clod-patea1635
clota1637
dildo1638
clot-pate1640
stupid1640
clod-head1644
stub1644
simpletonian1652
bottle-head1654
Bœotiana1657
vappe1657
lackwit1668
cudden1673
plant-animal1673
dolt-head1679
cabbage head1682
put1688
a piece of wood1691
ouphe1694
dunderpate1697
numbskull1697
leather-head1699
nocky1699
Tom Cony1699
mopus1700
bluff-head1703
clod skull1707
dunny1709
dowf1722
stupe1722
gamphrel1729
gobbin?1746
duncehead1749
half-wit1755
thick-skull1755
jackass1756
woollen-head1756
numbhead1757
beef-head1775
granny1776
stupid-head1792
stunpolla1794
timber-head1794
wether heada1796
dummy1796
noghead1800
staumrel1802
muttonhead1803
num1807
dummkopf1809
tumphya1813
cod's head and shoulders1820
stoopid1823
thick-head1824
gype1825
stob1825
stookiea1828
woodenhead1831
ning-nong1832
log-head1834
fat-head1835
dunderheadism1836
turnip1837
mudhead1838
donkey1840
stupex1843
cabbage1844
morepork1845
lubber-head1847
slowpoke1847
stupiditarian1850
pudding-head1851
cod's head and shoulders1852
putty head1853
moke1855
mullet-head1855
pothead1855
mug1857
thick1857
boodle1862
meathead1863
missing link1863
half-baked1866
lunk1867
turnip-head1869
rummy1872
pumpkin-head1876
tattie1879
chump1883
dully1883
cretin1884
lunkhead1884
mopstick1886
dumbhead1887
peanut head1891
pie-face1891
doughbakea1895
butt-head1896
pinhead1896
cheesehead1900
nyamps1900
box head1902
bonehead1903
chickenhead1903
thickwit1904
cluck1906
boob1907
John1908
mooch1910
nitwit1910
dikkop1913
goop1914
goofus1916
rumdum1916
bone dome1917
moron1917
oik1917
jabroni1919
dumb-bell1920
knob1920
goon1921
dimwit1922
ivory dome1923
stone jug1923
dingleberry1924
gimp1924
bird brain1926
jughead1926
cloth-head1927
dumb1928
gazook1928
mouldwarp1928
ding-dong1929
stupido1929
mook1930
sparrow-brain1930
knobhead1931
dip1932
drip1932
epsilon1932
bohunkus1933
Nimrod1933
dumbass1934
zombie1936
pea-brain1938
knot-head1940
schlump1941
jarhead1942
Joe Soap1943
knuckle-head1944
nong1944
lame-brain1945
gobshite1946
rock-head1947
potato head1948
jerko1949
turkey1951
momo1953
poop-head1955
a right one1958
bam1959
nong-nong1959
dickhead1960
dumbo1960
Herbert1960
lamer1961
bampot1962
dipshit1963
bamstick1965
doofus1965
dick1966
pillock1967
zipperhead1967
dipstick1968
thickie1968
poephol1969
yo-yo1970
doof1971
cockhead1972
nully1973
thicko1976
wazzock1976
motorhead1979
mouth-breather1979
no-brainer1979
jerkwad1980
woodentop1981
dickwad1983
dough ball1983
dickweed1984
bawheid1985
numpty1985
jerkweed1988
dick-sucker1989
knob-end1989
Muppet1989
dingus1997
dicksack1999
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c1800 in F. P. Hett Mem. S. Sibbald (1926) 203 Then there's champit tatties, after they are boiled, the water is poured off them then they ar' champet wi' the champer in the pot.
1879 Forfar Poets 139 Gae hame, ye simple tattie.
1901 ‘G. Douglas’ House with Green Shutters 234 I'll feenish the tatties at ony rate.
1921 A. S. Neill Carroty Broon xv. 202 I'm at the tatties wi' achteenpence a day.
1973 Stornoway Gaz. 27 Jan. 10/4 Tatties and herrings for supper.
1976 Sunday Mail (Glasgow) 26 Dec. 18/1 A tractor ran over her leg as she was picking tatties from a field on the outskirts of Monifeith.
Compounds
C1. General attributive.
tattie-field n.
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1891 J. M. Barrie Little Minister III. xxxv. 64 The Retery's in flood..; T'now-dunnie's tattie field's out o' sicht.
1983 Listener 18 Aug. 23/2 Another Time, Another Place includes a vivid background of wet and windy tattie fields.
C2.
tattie-bogle n. = potato-bogle n. at potato n. Compounds 2; also figurative, a simpleton.
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the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > person of weak intellect > [noun] > idiot, crazy person
Jack foolc1405
drivel1478
idiotc1480
nidiot1533
hare-brain1542
hare-copa1566
nidget1579
lunatic1602
flight-head1605
moonling1631
driveller1682
tomfool1683
niddy-noddy1722
imbecile1781
puggle1783
gype1825
eejit1853
nowmun1854
dinlo1873
loon1885
ratbag1890
doughbakea1895
ding-a-ling1899
feeb1914
dingbat1915
bodoh1922
diddy1933
Nimrod1933
pranny1949
momo1953
head-the-ball1958
flake1968
fuckwit1969
tattie-bogle1969
div1975
tube1975
wazzock1976
gonzo1977
motorhead1979
prannet1979
twonk1981
dough ball1983
numpty1985
divvy1987
1865 Scotsman 28 June First then come the trades' unions and strikes,..as a tattie-bogle..to scare the black and croaking denizens of the wood.
1922 J. Buchan Huntingtower xii. 240 There's..me..no more use than a tattie-bogle.
1969 M. Pugh Last Place Left xii. 73 The gasworks doctor, you tattie bogle. There's only one doctor.
1979 L. Derwent Border Bairn xi. 128 Others I dredged up from somewhere in my head, about tattie-bogles, bubblyjocks and real adventures.
tattie-trap n. slang = potato-trap n. at potato n. Compounds 2.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > mouth > [noun]
moutheOE
billa1000
munc1400
mussa1529
mouc1540
gan1567
gob1568
bouche1582
oven1593
taster1596
Pipe Office1609
neba1616
gab1681
gam1724
mouthpiece1738
potato-trap1785
potato-jaw1791
fly-trapc1795
trap1796
mouthie1801
mug1820
gin-trap1824
rattletrap1824
box1830
mouf1836
bread trap1838
puss1844
tater-trap1846
gash1852
kissing trap1854
shop1855
north and south1858
mooey1859
kisser1860
gingerbread-trap1864
bazoo1877
bake1893
tattie-trap1894
yap1900
smush1930
gate1937
cakehole1943
motormouth1976
pie hole1983
geggie1985
1894 J. B. Salmond My Man, Sandy 175 Juist you keep your tattie-trap steekit.
1899 A. L. Salmon West-Country Ballads 74 Cureit's tattie-trap an' muzzle, Like a bwoy's be smooth an' bare.
Draft additions September 2018
tattie boodie n. (also tattie bootie) Scottish (north-eastern) a scarecrow, esp. in a potato field (see boodie n.1).
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1826 D. Anderson Poems in Sc. Dial. 72 To see 'm s' ill shaken up an' duddy, He looks just like a tattie boodie.
1939 J. M. Caie 'Twixt Hills & Sea 36 Lang-tailed coat that ance did duty On a fearsome tattie-bootie.
1998 Aberdeen Press & Jrnl. (Nexis) 10 Apr. 3 Visitors will get a chance to make their own tattie boodie or scarecrow.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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