Definition of "tattoo"

Victor was spot on, of course; in fact, I have often been tempted to seek him out when I have been plagued by diseases of the heart. He'd be able to tell me in ten seconds whether someone was worth a tattoo or not.

1995, Nick Hornby, High Fidelity, London: Victor Gollancz, page 22

And here's a solution to an age old tattoo problem. If your girlfriend's name, say, "Suzie," is tattooed on your arm, and you break up with her, don't have the tattoo removed. Just have the tattoo reworked so it says, "Fuck Suzie."

1997, George Carlin, Brain Droppings‎, New York: Hyperion Books, page 31

Study goes on until tattoo, which, when Pops was at the Point, was sounded at 9.30, followed by taps at 10.

2017, Charles King, Cadet Days

He had looked at the clock many scores of times; and at the street, where the rain was pattering down, and the people as they clinked by in pattens, left long reflections on the shining stone: he tattooed at the table: he bit his nails most completely […]

1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 22, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848