shabby

shabby is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.Clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments. "The dean was so shabby." Swift.
  2. 2.Mean; paltry; despicable; as, shabby treatment. "Very shabby fellows." Clarendon.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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