tattersalls
tattersalls is the plural of tattersall.
Meaning of tattersall
Noun
tattersall (countable and uncountable, plural tattersalls)
Noun capitalized: Tattersalls
Tattersalls (plural Tattersalls)
- A rendezvous at most British racecourses, provided by a company of auctioneers
- […] the professional betting-man, who has no other occupation, and never misses a race-meeting, or a Tattersall's […]1857, The Irish metropolitan magazine, page 328
- Tattersalls, adjacent to the County Stand, has no seating but stepped terracing and a large tarmac area down to the rails.2004, Sports Ticket
Forms of tattersalls
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Origin of tattersalls
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.
Questions about tattersalls
- What does tattersalls mean?
- Tattersalls means a rendezvous at most British racecourses, provided by a company of auctioneers.
- What is tattersalls the plural of?
- Tattersalls is the plural of tattersall.
- What part of speech is tattersalls?
- Tattersalls is a noun.
- What is the plural of tattersalls?
- The plural of tattersalls is Tattersalls.
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