SHABBY

shabby. Shabby, a. mean, paltry, despicable, ragged

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Shab″by (?), a. [Compar. Shabbier (?); superl. Shabbiest.] [[See Shab, n., Scabby, and Scab.]] 1. 1. Torn or worn to rage; poor; mean; ragged.
Wearing shabby coats and dirty shirts. Macaulay. 2. 2. Clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments. “The dean was so shabby.” Swift.
3. 3. Mean; paltry; despicable; as, shabby treatment. “Very shabby fellows.” Clarendon.