they were dressed in rags and tatters

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• tat·ters — /ˈtætɚz/ noun [plural] : clothes that are old and badly torn Her clothes were reduced to tatters. They were dressed in tatters. [=in rags] often used figuratively After the war, the economy was in tatters. [=was in a state of ruin] …   Useful english dictionary

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