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shabbier


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shabby  \Shab"by\,  a.  [Compar.  {Shabbier};  superl.  {Shabbiest}.] 
  [See  {Shab},  n.,  {Scabby},  and  {Scab}.] 
  1.  Torn  or  worn  to  rage;  poor;  mean  ragged. 
 
  Wearing  shabby  coats  and  dirty  shirts.  --Macaulay. 
 
  2.  Clothed  with  ragged,  much  worn,  or  soiled  garments.  ``The 
  dean  was  so  shabby.''  --Swift. 
 
  3.  Mean  paltry;  despicable;  as  shabby  treatment.  ``Very 
  shabby  fellows.''  --Clarendon. 




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