The shabby rug showed both its age and lack of care. From LearnThat.org.
shabby treatment. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
They were mostly short, hangdog-cheerful men in shabby suits. From Wordnik.com. [Interlude – Cafe Nekropolis « Unknowing] Reference
An old man, in shabby robes, who was passing, beckoned to him. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 2 - Part VI] Reference
I've lived in shabby and I have lived in chic and I was equally happy in both. From Wordnik.com. [Contentment At Home] Reference
He dressed in shabby, genteel garb, suggesting a decent chap who'd come on hard times. From Wordnik.com. [George Orwell] Reference
Our few fellow-passengers were just about starting off in shabby cabs when we alighted. From Wordnik.com. [Nellie Bly's Book: Around the World in Seventy-Two Days] Reference
When they first meet, Alroy mistakes the “old man, in shabby robes, who was passing”. From Wordnik.com. [Spector - Criticism - Critical Contexts] Reference
Swarms of militiamen in shabby uniforms wandered up and down the streets, trying to keep warm. From Wordnik.com. [Homage to Catalonia] Reference
In the opening words of the following sentence, "This shabby coalition", the word shabby is deleted. From Wordnik.com. [Blogposts | guardian.co.uk] Reference
Something that did not say "I slum around in shabby robes your grandmother might have made from the curtains.". From Wordnik.com. [mrissa: Mostly I am more vivid than this by a long shot.] Reference
At the end of the lane a few cavalrymen rode by in shabby blue, their horses 'flanks glinting like ripe chestnuts. From Wordnik.com. [Fighting France] Reference
The men were dining at long trestle-tables under the trees; tired, unshaven men in shabby uniforms of all cuts and almost every colour. From Wordnik.com. [Fighting France] Reference
My football boots are getting what might be called shabby genteel now, and no wonder. From Wordnik.com. [Scottish Football Reminiscences and Sketches] Reference
Most people I knew in those days would have been advocates of what's now known as shabby chic. From Wordnik.com. [Irish Blogs] Reference
He was dressed in threadbare black cloth, having the appearance of what is known as shabby genteel. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science] Reference
Truedale recalled the shabby little shawl that Nella-Rose had worn before she donned her winter disguise. From Wordnik.com. [The Man Thou Gavest] Reference
For its part, the Dow's performance during that span wasn't exactly what you'd call shabby, either, climbing 14\%. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Fox could still recall the shabby way that the I.O.C. handled its proposal to buy the rights to the 2000 Sydney Games. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
The villa was a bit ram-shackle and run-down - what's often called shabby elegance - and the kitchen wasn't particularly well-equipped. From Wordnik.com. [Blood Orange Granita] Reference
The victim dressed in shabby black clothing. From Wordnik.com. [An Heroic Tale in an Enormous Tomb « A Fly in Amber] Reference
Co. By 2005, the gardens had become "shabby," Ms. Gary says. From Wordnik.com. [A Well-Maintained 100-Year-Old] Reference
Keli Walubita insists he was embarrassed, looked "shabby" and his. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Hey Genius, though you SEEM to mean well, why do you call Moiseh's "shabby"?. From Wordnik.com. [Slaughter on Second (and First) Avenue] Reference
That, of course, is the kind of shabby lie Americans have come to expect of him. From Wordnik.com. [A Little "PR" Advice For Senator Obama] Reference
Meatpacking district original Florent Morellet failed to understand the skyrocketing rents on his "shabby" bit of Gansevoort St. From Wordnik.com. [Transom Year in Review 2008: Parties, Fashion Shows, and Tom Wolfe on Hip-Hop] Reference
Then, maybe a white wood or ceramic pedestal that looks kind of shabby, with a pillar candle on it and a battery light inside of it. From Wordnik.com. [A Plain House (1)] Reference
“Draw off a bit here, Mr. Snagsby,” says Bucket as a kind of shabby palanquin is borne towards them, surrounded by a noisy crowd. From Wordnik.com. [Bleak House] Reference
"It's kind of shabby out front (of Harmony Health).". From Wordnik.com. [www.appeal-democrat.com - News :] Reference
It is a kind of shabby, half-ashamed way of doing things -- a garbled glory. From Wordnik.com. [The Potiphar Papers] Reference
Calling the deal 'shabby' and opposing its benefits to particular Maori tribes. From Wordnik.com. [ScreenTalk] Reference
The furniture is plush-covered and commonplace, with a kind of shabby smartness. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Plays of John Galsworthy] Reference
He had another feller with him, a kind of shabby dressed Italian man with curly hair. From Wordnik.com. [Cape Cod Stories] Reference
In using the word "shabby" to describe the MD's conduct, the author let her off lightly indeed. From Wordnik.com. [Crikey » Canberra Calling] Reference
The bottom line is that this kind of shabby effort shouldn't be tolerated, particularly when it's aimed at children. From Wordnik.com. [Latest from PALGN] Reference
Back in 2006, Miller said the square had become "shabby" in some ways and was a place where the city could spend its money with impact. From Wordnik.com. [Toronto Sun] Reference
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