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A famous horse market in London, established in 1766 by Richard Tattersall, also used as the headquarters of credit betting on English horse races; hence, a large horse market elsewhere.

Related words: (words related to TATTERSALL\'S)

  • HORSE-LEECHERY
    The business of a farrier; especially, the art of curing the diseases of horses.
  • MARKETABLENESS
    Quality of being marketable.
  • HORSEMAN
    A mounted soldier; a cavalryman. A land crab of the genus Ocypoda, living on the coast of Brazil and the West Indies, noted for running very swiftly. A West Indian fish of the genus Eques, as the light-horseman (E. lanceolatus). (more info) 1.
  • ENGLISHWOMAN
    Fem. of Englishman. Shak.
  • CREDIT FONCIER
    A company licensed for the purpose of carrying out
  • HORSEKNOP
    Knapweed.
  • HORSERAKE
    A rake drawn by a horse.
  • LONDONISM
    A characteristic of Londoners; a mode of speaking peculiar to London.
  • MARKETER
    One who attends a market to buy or sell; one who carries goods to market.
  • HORSEFLESH
    1. The flesh of horses. The Chinese eat horseflesh at this day. Bacon. 2. Horses, generally; the qualities of a horse; as, he is a judge of horseflesh. Horseflesh ore , a miner's name for bornite, in allusion to its peculiar reddish color on
  • MARKETSTEAD
    A market place. Drayton.
  • HORSEPLAY
    Rude, boisterous play. Too much given to horseplay in his raillery. Dryden.
  • BETTONG
    A small, leaping Australian marsupial of the genus Bettongia; the jerboa kangaroo.
  • BETTY
    A name of contempt given to a man who interferes with the duties of women in a household, or who occupies himself with womanish matters. 3. A pear-shaped bottle covered round with straw, in which olive oil is sometimes brought from Italy; -- called
  • TATTERSALL'S
    A famous horse market in London, established in 1766 by Richard Tattersall, also used as the headquarters of credit betting on English horse races; hence, a large horse market elsewhere.
  • HORSE-JOCKEY
    1. A professional rider and trainer of race horses. 2. A trainer and dealer in horses.
  • FAMOUSNESS
    The state of being famous.
  • ESTABLISHMENTARIAN
    One who regards the Church primarily as an establishment formed by the State, and overlooks its intrinsic spiritual character. Shipley.
  • LONDONIZE
    To impart to a manner or character like that which distinguishes Londoners.
  • BETTERMOST
    Best. "The bettermost classes." Brougham.
  • DISCREDITABLE
    Not creditable; injurious to reputation; disgraceful; disreputable. -- Dis*cred"it*a*bly, adv.
  • LADY'S TRACES; LADIES' TRESSES; LADIES TRESSES
    A name given to several species of the orchidaceous genus Spiranthes, in which the white flowers are set in spirals about a slender axis and remotely resemble braided hair.
  • INFAMOUSNESS
    The state or quality of being infamous; infamy.
  • HEREHENCE
    From hence.
  • REAR-HORSE
    A mantis.
  • WHENCEFORTH
    From, or forth from, what or which place; whence. Spenser.
  • ENLARGEMENT
    1. The act of increasing in size or bulk, real or apparent; the state of being increased; augmentation; further extension; expansion. 2. Expansion or extension, as of the powers of the mind; ennoblement, as of the feelings and character; as, an
  • NEWMARKET
    A long, closely fitting cloak.
  • SAWHORSE
    A kind of rack, shaped like a double St. Andrew's cross, on which sticks of wood are laid for sawing by hand; -- called also buck, and sawbuck.
  • PREESTABLISH
    To establish beforehand.

 

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