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Meanings of very shabby in English

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Usage of very shabby in English
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I lived there for some time; and was very shabby and dirty.
The Water-Babies
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Benjamin was clad in his poorest clothes, and they were very shabby.
From Boyhood to Manhood: Life of Benjamin Franklin
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He was tall, old, and very shabby and dirty, with glasses on.
The Champdoce Mystery
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But the carriage was very shabby and so was the driver.
The Case of the Pocket Diary Found in the Snow
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Clothes are passable by candle-light that look very shabby in sunshine.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts
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Then I saw that the poor little house was very shabby.
Four Meetings
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He saw with a flush of anger that the shoe was very shabby.
The Calling of Dan Matthews
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It is very shabby of you to ask what I mean.
The Romance of the Coast
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Presently they came into a very shabby street, and he stopped.
Miriam's Schooling and Other Papers
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And then, you know, you played him a very shabby trick.
The Unseen Bridegroom; Or, Wedded For a Week
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I think that a very shabby trick! grumbled the intelligent youth.
Baron Trigault's Vengeance
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When the day arrived, the suite seemed very shabby indeed.
The new yorker
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At that moment a very shabby iceboat came in sight.
Hans Brinker; Or, The Silver Skates
14
You will find there only a bed, without curtains, and some very shabby furniture.
Correspondence & Conversations of Alexis de Tocqueville with Nas...
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Their granary was never more than half full and they wore very shabby clothes.
Folktales from africa: the baboons who went this way and that
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A very shabby-looking dog he was, indeed, and his nose was redder than Burley's.
"My Novel" — Volume 07
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