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Harry Tate to mean shoddy or poor?
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I've grown up using the phrase, "That's Harry Tate" to mean that something is of poor quality, shoddy or has been bodged, especially in conection to DIY. But where does the phrase come from? Is it in connection to the music hall comic of that name? Why is the Royal Navy Reserve called Harry Tates Navy? Is it the same meaning? Any ideas please. I think I got the phrase off my Grandad but it's hard to say as I can't recall not using it.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Thankyou everyone, this last one covers everything. I believe that the rhyming slang for state is 2 and 8. This connection with the comic leading to the RNVR to anything in chaos must be why my old Grandad taught me to call anything that had been bodged or left in a mess to be Harry Tate.
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