slang. [f. TAT sb.5] intr. To gather rags.
1851. Mayhew, Lond. Labour, I. 417/1. He goes tatting and billy-hunting in the country (gathering rags and buying old metal).
1910. Nottingham Guardian, 2 June. The prisoner … told the police that he came in possession of the lead when he went round ‘tatting.’
