Definitions for tarlatans

tarlatans tar·la·tan

Spelling: [tahr-luh-tn, -tuh n]
IPA: /ˈtɑr lə tn, -tən/

Tarlatans is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 203 anagrams from letters in tarlatans (aaalnrstt).

Definitions for tarlatans

noun

  1. a thin, plain-weave, open-mesh cotton fabric finished with stiffening agents and sometimes glazed.

Origin of tarlatans

1720-30; French tarlatane, dissimilated variant of tarnatane kind of cloth orig. imported from India

Examples for tarlatans

A lady comes home at midnight from a ball, in a tarlatan frock.

After the march, ten ballet girls in tarlatan skirts, their faces concealed by little black satin masks, gave a performance.

Look, we'll put the tarlatan away in the drawer I take my things out of.

The weary dancers wended their way home on foot, the girls in tarlatan gowns and white kid slippers.

tarlatan already prepared, may be purchased at the upholsterers'.

tarlatan can now be had in hues that almost rival the colours of flowers, but I fear that only the white can be had "fire-proof."

It seems to me that tulle and tarlatan and maline were your dope.

The other dress is of white net or tarlatan, made with three skirts, and a loose body and sleeves.

The beams rose high above their heads, and a musty smell of tarlatan and muslin and cheese-cloth filled the air.

The next morning Nan was tacking up some tarlatan at a window to keep the midges out.

Word Value for tarlatans
Scrable

8

Words with friends

10

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