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Meanings of shabby clothes in English

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Usage of shabby clothes in English
1
Bond, and so he has dragged them here in their shabby clothes.
After Long Years and Other Stories
2
Unless your sister's shabby clothes and stern manner hide a lurid background.
Ruthless
3
He was wearing a battered bowler hat and the usual shabby clothes.
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
4
I obeyed, letting my sodden, shabby clothes fall anyhow upon the floor.
The Beetle: A Mystery
5
It's a great thing to wear shabby clothes and an old hat.
The Friendly Road: New Adventures in Contentment
6
Could that rough-bearded man in shabby clothes be handsome, fastidious Uncle Carey?
Honey-Sweet
7
His glance upon the shabby clothes made the boy colour violently.
John Halifax, Gentleman
8
At the fourth table CAESAR and the DOCTOR are seated, in shabby clothes.
The Road to Damascus, a Trilogy
9
He began at once to change his shabby clothes for the new ones.
The Telegraph Boy
10
The shabby clothes made no impression upon her, but the blue eyes did.
Delia Blanchflower
11
Dressed in shabby clothes, his trousers much too long for him.
Ten Days That Shook the World
12
But in his shabby clothes, among these rough people, he seems so changed.
The Hohenzollerns in America / With the Bolsheviks in Berlin and...
13
His companion looked at his shabby clothes and nodded his head.
Poor White: A Novel
14
An elderly man in shabby clothes came up to him, begging.
Depths
15
He fears the priest, this ageing worn-out man in shabby clothes.
The Reality Dysfunction
16
He was not poverty-stricken, in spite of shabby clothes, and holes in the carpet.
The Master Detective: Being Some Further Investigations of Chris...
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Shabby clothes through the time
Shabby clothes across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common