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shabbyshab‧by /ˈʃæbi/ ●○○ adjective   shabbyOrigin: 1600-1700 shab ‘scab, worthless man’ (11-19 centuries), from Old English sceabb ‘scab’ - shabby hotel rooms
- a shabby old man
- a shabby suit
- John was standing in the doorway in his shabby blue suit.
- She wore shabby black clothes, with holes in the elbows of her jacket.
- After this, Tate Britain at Millbank feels cramped, parsimonious and a bit shabby.
- At 29 Howard's Avenue the builder's skip was still outside and the rusty scaffolding blinded its shabby windows.
- By then, of course, it was totally shabby.
- Much to the consternation of the operators, Humphrey's shabby figure would appear and then disappear into high-speed machinery.
- Politically, it was essential last summer to distance the government from what had clearly been a shabby episode.
- Solid provincial comfort, a little shabby now, but solid.
- The villages and towns they passed through were shabby where buildings had long since been left to decay.
things made of paper or cloth that are in bad condition► shabby clothes, books etc that look shabby are no longer in good condition because they are old and have been used a lot: · John was standing in the doorway in his shabby blue suit.· She wore shabby black clothes, with holes in the elbows of her jacket. ► worn something such as material or cloth that is worn is thinner or weaker in particular parts as a result of being used a lot over a long time: · There was a worn Persian rug on the parquet floor.· We used to cut up worn blankets to make sleeping bags for the children.· The brake pads are very worn. ► tattered clothes or books that are tattered are old and torn: · The old man clutched a tattered copy of "War and Peace".· The shirt was now tattered beyond recognition. ► threadbare clothes, curtains, carpets etc that are threadbare have become extremely thin and weak because they have been used so much: · She stood shivering in her threadbare dress.· There was a clean but threadbare rug on the floor beside the bed. ► tatty British clothes or books that are tatty are in bad condition and slightly torn because they have been used a lot: · At the window of the cottage hang tatty, faded curtains.· Some of our textbooks are starting to look rather tatty. ► battered something that is battered is in bad condition and looks old especially because it has been used a lot: · He carried the same battered green journal with him on all his travels.· a battered old suitcase ► dog-eared a book, page, photograph etc that is dog-eared is torn and bent at the edges because it has been used a lot: · Professor Brightly walked into the lecture hall with a pile of dog-eared notes under his arm.· On the other wall was a dog-eared calendar with faded pictures. NOUN► clothes· He was wearing the unobtrusive shabby clothes with soft shoes that would allow him to plod round the streets without being noticed.· The drabness of his surroundings, his own shabby clothes were explained and transformed by these books.· He wore shabby clothes and shoes and a black silk scarf, always, outdoors and in. ► room· At the top of the Holiday Inn tower in Des Moines, a shabby room has been brightened with balloons.· Saskia wakes before dawn in her cold, shabby room to imagine herself navigating with Odysseus and marking the constellations.· The old and shabby rooms, flower-filled and soft with candlelight, would ring with voices and laughter. 1shabby clothes, places, or objects are untidy and in bad condition because they have been used for a long time:  Hugh’s jacket was old and shabby. a shabby little restaurant2wearing clothes that are old and worn: a shabby tramp3 old-fashioned unfair and unkind: a shabby trick—shabbily adverb—shabbiness noun [uncountable] |