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tam | tat |

As a pronoun tam

is .

As an adjective tat is

dense, thick or crowded.

tam

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A tam o'shanter, a tall knit wool cap traditionally associated with Scotland.
  • * {{quote-news, year=1988, date=July 1, author=Bryan Miller, title=A Gathering of Scots, work=Chicago Reader citation
  • , passage=Despite the blaze of sunshine, woolens were everywhere: tams , kilts, socks drawn up to knobby knees. }}

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    tat

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Cheap and vulgar tastelessness; sleaze.
  • Cheap, tasteless, useless goods; trinkets.
  • (India) Gunnycloth made from the fibre of the Corchorus olitorius or jute.
  • (slang) A tattoo.
  • Verb

  • (intransitive) To make (something by) tatting.
  • Etymology 2

    (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (India, dated) A pony.
  • (Webster 1913)

    See also

    * rat-a-tat-tat * tit for tat * tatt * tatting * tatty

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