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Definition of shoddy dropper in English: shoddy droppernoun Australian, NZ dated An itinerant seller of poor-quality clothes. police have warned the area's retailers to watch out for shoddy droppers Example sentencesExamples - Police say that on returning to make the sale, the "shoddy dropper" switches the item for a poor quality imitation.
- The scheme of wearing a seaman's cap and representing that they could sell cloth cheap was a trick resorted to by 'shoddy droppers'.
- The shoddy-droppers were a common sight around Murrays Lane.
- She was given a square scarf by an old man who was a shoddy dropper.
- He would like to give the impression that every traveller selling suits is a rogue and a "shoddy dropper".
- For some reason, I used to place them in the category of "shoddy-dropper".
- In my opinion, it sounds like an online shoddy dropper.
- Of the hawkers, two dealt in a drop of sly grog and the other was a shoddy dropper.
- They have gone to great lengths to safeguard the public, but the shoddy-dropper operates just within the margin of the law.
- One of them was a card cheat and shoddy dropper who worked the carnival circuit in Victoria.
Origin 1920s: from shoddy in the noun sense 'inferior fabric made from waste clippings' + drop in the verb sense 'to unload goods'. |