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Definition of Shabbier
1. shabby [adj] - See also: shabby
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shabbier
Literary usage of Shabbier
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain (1881)
"The more Tom stared at the splendid marvel, the higher he turned up his nose at
his finery and the shabbier and shabbier his own outfit seemed to him to ..."
2. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1907)
"Their house had grown shabbier and shabbier, and their clothes had grown simply
awful; and Aurelia Matilda and Victoria Leopoldina had been broken in bits ..."
3. The People of the Abyss by Jack London (1903)
"'Ere I am, old, younger men takin' my place, my clothes gettin' shabbier an'
shabbier, an' makin' it 'arder every day to get a job. ..."
4. The People of the Abyss by Jack London (1903)
"'Ere I am, old, younger men takin' my place, my clothes gettin' shabbier an'
shabbier, an' makin' it 'arder every day to get a job. ..."
5. The Life of James McNeill Whistler by Elizabeth Robins Pennell, Joseph Pennell (1908)
"... light little Parisian shoes got rid of a portion of their soles and most of
their upper leather, and Ernest's hollands grew shabbier and shabbier. ..."
6. John Sherman, and Dhoya by William Butler Yeats (1891)
"Sherman grew shabbier and shabbier, and at the same time more and more cheer, ful.
This puzzled him, for he had noticed that he himself was not cheerful ..."
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