subs. (Tonbridge School).—A fad; a mental eccentricity. [Cf. quots.]
1822. NARES, Glossary, s.v. TADE or TATCH. A blot, spot, stain, or vice.
1847. HALLIWELL, A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, etc., s.v. TACHE … A quality or disposition; a trick; enterprise.
