tatters
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Britannica Dictionary definition of TATTERS
[plural]
:
clothes that are old and badly torn
— often used figuratively
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Her clothes were reduced to tatters.
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They were dressed in tatters. [=in rags]
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After the war, the economy was in tatters. [=was in a state of ruin]
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Her hopes lay in tatters.
