Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tattersalls

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.91 in modern English

Syllables: tat-ter-salls
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A rendezvous at most British racecourses, provided by a company of auctioneers

British usage

noun

plural of tattersall

Example Sentences

"[…] the professional betting-man, who has no other occupation, and never misses a race-meeting, or a Tattersall's […]"
"Tattersalls, adjacent to the County Stand, has no seating but stepped terracing and a large tarmac area down to the rails."
"In Manchester the Post Office Hotel was its equivalent to Tattersalls, with entry likewise by subscription but a distinct absence of gentry and aristocratic members […]"
"For three pounds you get a badge — a brown, green, yellow and white shield — that admits you to the grand stand, Tattersalls and the paddock, […]"

Etymology

From the name of a famous horse market in London, established in 1766 by Richard Tattersall, also used as the headquarters of credit betting on English horse races.

Usage

British usage

Questions

What does tattersalls mean?: A rendezvous at most British racecourses, provided by a company of auctioneers
Where does tattersalls come from?: From the name of a famous horse market in London, established in 1766 by Richard Tattersall, also used as the headquarters of credit betting on English horse races.

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