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Meanings of rather shabby in English

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Usage of rather shabby in English
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Some pretty things are in them, but faded and rather shabby now.
The Man in Lonely Land
2
My uniform is getting rather shabby; the buttons and lace are quite tarnished.
Leah Mordecai: A Novel
3
The swords and crossbows they carried appeared rather shabby and mass-produced.
Assail
4
No doubt the cities of that period were rather shabby affairs.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economic...
5
Robinson led the way to a rather shabby brick house standing by itself.
Andy Grant's Pluck
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This was an older and rather shabby residential district, not too well lighted.
Talk of the town
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The slender, rather shabby looking stranger was not calculated to inspire much confidence.
The World's Great Men of Music: Story-Lives of Master Musicians
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Everything had grown rather shabby, only Uncle Geoffrey had not found it out.
Esther : a book for girls
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Tommy handed over a rather shabby green notebook, and Tuppence began writing busily.
The Secret Adversary
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Here were located the rather shabby yellow meeting-house, Cowdin's tavern, Dea.
The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, February, 1886. / The...
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I say, Cowperwood, I've played a rather shabby trick on you just now.
The Titan
12
Isn't it rather shabby after what the doctor said to us?
Bessie Bradford's Prize
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The house, to begin with, was small and rather shabby.
The Custom of the Country
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No doubt, as you imply, the cities of that period were rather shabby affairs.
Looking Backward, 2000 to 1887
15
The son is a very respectable-looking man, but rather shabby.
Rídan the Devil, and Other Stories / 1899
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Lilian Boyd entered the small, rather shabby room, neat, though everything was well worn.
The Girls at Mount Morris
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