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shabbySHAB'BY, a. 1. Ragged; torn or worn to rags; as a shabby coat; shabby clothes. 2. Clothed with ragged garments. The dean was so shabby- Swift. 3. Mean; paltry; despicable; as a shabby fellow; shabby treatment. [For the idea expressed by shabby, there is not a better word in the language.] |