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Definition of Shoddy
1. Noun. Reclaimed wool fiber.
2. Adjective. Cheap and shoddy. "Cheapjack moviemaking...that feeds on the low taste of the mob"
3. Adjective. Of inferior workmanship and materials. "Mean little jerry-built houses"
4. Adjective. Designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently. "Shoddy business practices"
Similar to: Dishonest, Dishonorable
Derivative terms: Deceive, Deceive, Deceptiveness
Definition of Shoddy
1. n. A fibrous material obtained by "deviling," or tearing into fibers, refuse woolen goods, old stockings, rags, druggets, etc. See Mungo.
2. a. Made wholly or in part of shoddy; containing shoddy; as, shoddy cloth; shoddy blankets; hence, colloquially, not genuine; sham; pretentious; as, shoddy aristocracy.
3. n. Fluffy, fibrous waste from wool carding, worsted spinning, or weaving of woolens.
Definition of Shoddy
1. Adjective. Being of poor quality or construction ¹
2. Noun. A low-grade cloth made from by-products of wool processing, or from recycled wool. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shoddy
1. of inferior quality [adj -DIER, -DIEST] : SHODDILY [adv] / a low-quality wool [n -DIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shoddy
Literary usage of Shoddy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1883)
"On a method of obtaining Ammonia from shoddy and Allied Substances. ...
Mixing shoddy (the name by which this material is known) with lime and soda, ..."
2. Wool, the World's Comforter: A Survey of the Wool Industry from the Raw by William Dermot Darby (1922)
"But for a long time the question of shoddy versus virgin wool has been the subject
of so much discussion and agitation in the public prints and the halls of ..."
3. Wool and Manufactures of Wool by Bureau of Statistics, Dept. of the Treasury, William Franklin Switzler, United States (1887)
"shoddy. shoddy was originally used only for padding, but during the late war was
... White shoddy is used in white blankets, and dark shoddy in carpets and ..."
4. My Diary in America in the Midst of War by George Augustus Sala (1865)
"drink is shoddy, and wherewithal ye shall be clothed is shoddy. ... Lo, this is
the age of shoddy. Men make shoddy fortunes, build shoddy stables for shoddy ..."
5. The Textile Fibres: Their Physical, Microscopical and Chemical Properties by Joseph Merritt Matthews (1913)
"Examination of shoddy.—Woolen fibres consisting of shoddy sometimes offer ...
Microscopic Appearance of shoddy, showing the varied Character of the Fibres. ..."
6. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1905)
"EXTENSIVE USB OP shoddy. shoddy is the woolen stock once used for manufacture of
cloth. ... If shoddy is used, if shoddy must be used, we ought to know its ..."
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