tatty

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

tatty
    adj 1: showing signs of wear and tear; "a ratty old overcoat";
           "shabby furniture"; "an old house with dirty windows and
           tatty curtains" [syn: {moth-eaten}, {ratty}, {shabby},
           {tatty}]
    2: tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish
       colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a
       meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments" [syn:
       {brassy}, {cheap}, {flash}, {flashy}, {garish}, {gaudy},
       {gimcrack}, {loud}, {meretricious}, {tacky}, {tatty},
       {tawdry}, {trashy}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Tatty \Tat"ty\, n.; pl. {Tatties}. [Hind. [.t]a[.t][.t][imac].]
   A mat or screen of fibers, as of the kuskus grass, hung at a
   door or window and kept wet to moisten and cool the air as it
   enters. [India]
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

29 Moby Thesaurus words for "tatty":
      base, common, dowdy, down-at-heel, down-at-the-heels, frayed,
      frazzled, full of holes, holey, in rags, in shreds, in tatters,
      mean, paltry, patchy, poor, ragged, raggedy, ratty, rubbishy,
      scruffy, seedy, shabby, shoddy, sleazy, tacky, tattered, torn,
      trashy