What is mean; paltry; despicable; as, shabby treatment. "Very shabby fellows." Clarendon called?
shabby — Mean; paltry; despicable; as, shabby treatment. "Very shabby fellows." Clarendon. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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