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a shabby fellow

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  • shabby — adjective (shabbier; est) Etymology: obsolete English shab a low fellow Date: 1669 1. clothed with worn or seedy garments < a shabby hobo > 2. a. threadbare and faded from wear < a shabby sofa > b. ill kept …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • shabby — adjective /ˈʃæb.i/ a) Torn or worn; poor; mean; ragged. They lived in a tiny apartment, with some old, shabby furniture. b) Clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments. The fellow arrived looking rather shabby after journeying so far …   Wiktionary

  • shabby — [17] Etymologically, shabby means ‘scabby’. It comes from a now obsolete shab, which denoted ‘scab’, and also metaphorically ‘disreputable fellow’. It was the native equivalent to Old Norse *skabbr ‘scab’, from which English gets scab. => SCAB …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • shabby — [17] Etymologically, shabby means ‘scabby’. It comes from a now obsolete shab, which denoted ‘scab’, and also metaphorically ‘disreputable fellow’. It was the native equivalent to Old Norse *skabbr ‘scab’, from which English gets scab. Cf.⇒ SCAB …   Word origins

  • guy — I. /gaɪ / (say guy) Colloquial –noun 1. a fellow or man: guys and dolls. 2. a boyfriend. 3. (plural) people of either sex, regarded as members of a group: are you guys ready? –phrase 4. a great guy, a likeable, entertaining, and charming man.… …  

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  • Public Eye — For the film, see The Public Eye (film) (1992). Public Eye was a British television series that ran from 1965 to 1975 (7 series in total). It was produced by ABC Television for three series, and Thames Television for a further four series. The… …   Wikipedia

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  • France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …   Universalium

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