The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tattersall's \Tat"ter*sall's\, n. A famous horse market in London, established in 1766 by Richard Tattersall, also used as the headquarters of credit betting on English horse races; hence, a large horse market elsewhere.
Usage examples of "tattersall's".
It was part of Bill's pleasure at the races to walk among the bookmakers' stands in Tattersall's and put his actual cash on the best odds, instead of betting on credit with a bookmaker on the rails.
He used to search around in Tattersall's for the best odds and bet in cash, instead of betting on credit with Tote Investors or one of the bookmakers on the rails - those,' I added for Lodge's benefit, as I could see the question forming on his lips, 'are bookmakers who stand along the railing between Tattersall's and the Club enclosures, writing down bets made by Club members and other people known to them.
The silence within those empty shells rang like a dirge in Tattersall's head.
He made straight for the bookmakers in Tattersall's and strolled along the rows, looking at the odds displayed by each firm.
He then turned away more calmly, and walked away out of Tattersall's and back to the parade ring.
He enjoyed a considerable independence, but the last settling-day at Tattersall's had not been happy, and to have advanced what he feared must be a very large sum of money to Nell must have left him in uncomfortably straitened circumstances.
If I am at Tattersall's on Thursday, I shall be happy to point out one or two animals that might be suitable for your lady.