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Meanings of tattoo in English

A marking made by inserting ink into the layers of skin to change the pigment permanently for decorative or other reasons.

        Usage of tattoo in English
        1
        Tucker I guess this tattoo is just the logical course of events.
        Assholes finish first
        2
        Ms Wade-Brown told RNZ she had wanted a tattoo for several years.
        Radio NZ
        3
        Well, look at you wearing a fairly fresh new skank tattoo yourself.
        Silver zombie: delilah street: paranormal investigator
        4
        The PIT-PIT-PIT of bullets rained against the cabin in a dull tattoo.
        The Golden Snare
        5
        A tense moment is interrupted with the observation: He scratched his tattoo.
        The Guardian
        6
        The judge rapped his pencil on the desk in a nervous tattoo.
        McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 2, January, 1896
        7
        We can't worry about whether or not he has the right tattoo.
        Guns will keep us together
        8
        Lisa got a tattoo when she was 13, with her parents' approval.
        Have a new kid by friday: how to change your child's attitude, b...
        9
        We're hoping the tattoo will remind me often enough to break it.
        The woman who died a lot
        10
        So are the tattoo and embroidery designs described in a previous chapter.
        The Manóbos of Mindanáo / Memoirs of the National Academy of Sci...
        11
        Will that One Direction tattoo mean the same in ten year's time?
        Radio NZ
        12
        The white satin slipper stopped its regular tattoo on the rugged floor.
        The Native Born; or, the Rajah's People
        13
        Inside her right forearm, just below her palm, the tattoo is visible.
        Deadfall
        14
        Check the hand tattoo -an ode to her young son, Angelo.
        News.com.au
        15
        There could be something there that'll tell us what the tattoo means.
        The book of spies
        16
        They frequently tattoo their bodies, producing figures in the form of stars.
        Great African Travellers: From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Sta...
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