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shabby ADJ

shabby

be shabby VB

shabby clothes

be or become shabby VB

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Even the parents of students are not spared from the ire of the hard-faced school principal, who treats them in a very shabby manner.
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The chain has evolved the feel of its early restaurants into a new restaurant image that they call shabby chic.
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In 1991, after the end of communism, illegal shabby buildings sprang up all around the park; this was made possible by bribery.
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The original passenger carriage began as a horse tram and was shabby internally, and unsafe as part of a longer train.
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As ownership has passed into private hands, upkeep on the apartments has dwindled, leaving many of them currently in a shabby state of disrepair.
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His dress was shabby, although he attempted to keep his clothes clean and mended.
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There is one huge power station also but it is in a shabby condition.
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The connection is shabby, and their phone connection is soon lost.
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She first attracts a shabby old rake, who makes comical romantic gestures.
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This happens at two other hotels, each somewhat more shabby than the others.
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