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• shabby — shabbily, adv. shabbiness, n. /shab ee/, adj., shabbier, shabbiest. 1. impaired by wear, use, etc.; worn: shabby clothes. 2. showing conspicuous signs of wear or neglect: The rooms on the upper floors of the mansion had a rather shabby appearance …   Universalium

• shabby — 1 Shabby, dilapidated, dingy, faded, seedy, threadbare refer to the appearance of persons and of things and mean showing signs of wear and tear. Shabby applies to persons and places and suggests a lack of freshness or newness in those items that… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• Shabby chic — is a form of interior design where furniture and furnishings are either chosen for their age and signs of wear and tear or new items are distressed to achieve the appearance of an antique. DescriptionShabby chic items are often heavily painted… …   Wikipedia

• shabby — [[t]ʃæ̱bi[/t]] shabbier, shabbiest 1) ADJ GRADED Shabby things or places look old and in bad condition. His clothes were old and shabby... He walked past her into a tiny, shabby room. ...one of the shabbiest and poorest areas of London. Syn:… …   English dictionary

• Bauchle — a shabby or worn out shoe though nowadays a “wee bauchle” describes a small, shabby person …   Scottish slang

• dag — Austral./NZ noun 1》 a lock of wool matted with dung hanging from the hindquarters of a sheep. 2》 informal an entertainingly eccentric person. 3》 informal a conservative or unfashionable person.     ↘an untidy or shabby person. verb (dags, dagging …   English new terms dictionary

• Erik Johan Stagnelius — was born October 14, 1793 in Gärdslösa, on the island Öland, and died on April 3, 1823 in Stockholm. He was a Romantic poet from Sweden.1810 to 1840 was a blossoming time in Swedish poetry, and there were several writers of distinguished merit.… …   Wikipedia

• tatterdemalion — /tat euhr di mayl yeuhn, mal /, n. 1. a person in tattered clothing; a shabby person. adj. 2. ragged; unkempt or dilapidated. [1600 10; first written tatter de mallian and rhymed with Italian; see TATTER1; de mallian < ?] * * * …   Universalium

• tatterdemalion — tat•ter•de•mal•ion [[t]ˌtæt ər dɪˈmeɪl yən, ˈmæl [/t]] n. 1) a person in tattered clothing; shabby person 2) ragged • Etymology: 1600–10 …   From formal English to slang

• tat — 1. n. colloq. 1 a tatty or tasteless clothes; worthless goods. b rubbish, junk. 2 a shabby person. Etymology: back form. f. TATTY 2. v. (tatted, tatting) 1 intr. do tatting. 2 tr. make by tatting. Etymology: 19th c.: orig. unkn. 3. see TIT(2) …   Useful english dictionary

• TAT — 1. n. colloq. 1 a tatty or tasteless clothes; worthless goods. b rubbish, junk. 2 a shabby person. Etymology: back form. f. TATTY 2. v. (tatted, tatting) 1 intr. do tatting. 2 tr. make by tatting. Etymology: 19th c.: orig. unkn. 3. see TIT(2) …   Useful english dictionary