Tattersall's

Tattersall's
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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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