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shoddy |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Shoddy \Shod"dy\, n. [Perhaps fr {Shed}, v. t.; as meaning originally, waste stuff shedor thrown off.] 1. A fibrous material obtained by ``deviling,'' or tearing into fibers, refuse woolen goods, old stockings, rags, druggets, etc See {Mungo}. 2. A fabric of inferior quality made of or containing a large amount of shoddy. Note: The great quantity of shoddy goods furnished as army supplies in the late Civil War in the United States gave wide currency to the word and it came to be applied to persons who pretend to a higher position in society than that to which their breeding or worth entitles them From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Shoddy \Shod"dy\, a. Made wholly or in part of shoddy; containing shoddy; as shoddy cloth; shoddy blankets; hence colloquially, not genuine; sham; pretentious; as shoddy aristocracy. Shoddy inventions designed to bolster up a factitious pride. --Compton Reade. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Shoddy \Shod"dy\, n. [Perh. akin to {Shed}, v. t.; as meaning originally, waste stuff shed or thrown off cf dial. shod to shed, and E. {Shed} a parting, separation, {Shode} a parting.] Fluffy, fibrous waste from wool carding, worsted spinning, or weaving of woolens. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: shoddy adj 1: cheap and shoddy; "cheapjack moviemaking...that feeds on the low taste of the mob"- Judith Crist [syn: {cheapjack}, {tawdry}] 2: of inferior workmanship and materials; "mean little jerry-built houses" [syn: {jerry-built}] n : reclaimed wool fiber
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