SHODDY
\ʃˈɒdi], \ʃˈɒdi], \ʃ_ˈɒ_d_i]\
Definitions of SHODDY
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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Fluffy, fibrous waste from wool carding, worsted spinning, or weaving of woolens.
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Made wholly or in part of shoddy; containing shoddy; as, shoddy cloth; shoddy blankets; hence, colloquially, not genuine; sham; pretentious; as, shoddy aristocracy.
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A fibrous material obtained by deviling, or tearing into fibers, refuse woolen goods, old stockings, rags, druggets, etc. See Mungo.
By Oddity Software
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Fluffy, fibrous waste from wool carding, worsted spinning, or weaving of woolens.
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Made wholly or in part of shoddy; containing shoddy; as, shoddy cloth; shoddy blankets; hence, colloquially, not genuine; sham; pretentious; as, shoddy aristocracy.
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A fibrous material obtained by deviling, or tearing into fibers, refuse woolen goods, old stockings, rags, druggets, etc. See Mungo.
By Noah Webster.
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The wool of old or refuse woolen or cotton fabrics torn to pieces and remade with a mixture of fresh wool into new cloth.
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Made of this material; hence, colloquially, not genuine.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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(orig.) The waste shed or thrown off in spinning wool: now applied to the wool of old woven fabrics reduced to the state in which it was before being spun and woven, and thus fit for re-manufacture.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. A fibrous material obtained by devilling or tearing refuse woollen goods, rags, &c. It is usually mixed with fresh wool and respun, forming inferior and coarse cloth for pea jackets, druggets, &c., but sometimes worked up to sell for fine cloth;-hence colloquially, any article manufactured of inferior or adulterated materials, but offered as genuine.
