Definition of shoddy dropper in English:

shoddy dropper

noun

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'.

单词	shoddy dropper
释义	Definition of shoddy dropper in English: shoddy dropper noun 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'.
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