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  • adjective comparative form of shabby: more shabby

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Examples

  • 'Ere I am, old, younger men takin' my place, my clothes gettin 'shabbier an' shabbier, an 'makin' it 'arder every day to get

    THE CARTER AND THE CARPENTER 2010

  • ` '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.

    The Carter and the Carpenter 1903

  • He dressed, in accordance with the TV dictate that the higher one's title the shabbier one's wardrobe, in a baggy hoodie and high-tops.

    Men.Style.com: Latest Features and Articles 2010

  • As we mount higher and higher, we find commoner books, in shabbier bindings; but there is still the same order preserved, each book being numbered according to a printed catalogue. from The Book Browser’s Guide by Roy Harley Lewis.

    Big Box Bookstore of the 1790s 2009

  • As we mount higher and higher, we find commoner books, in shabbier bindings; but there is still the same order preserved, each book being numbered according to a printed catalogue. from The Book Browser’s Guide by Roy Harley Lewis.

    2009 November 18 | NIGEL BEALE NOTA BENE BOOKS 2009

  • Voters are anxious about our decline into a shabbier "Lesser America."

    Stan Sorscher: Making Business Succeed Stan Sorscher 2011

  • Cato, please stop trying to refer to the police of today as being a lot shabbier than in your time.

    Replace Police With Spin Doctors « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009

  • She had expected to find the city in ruins, based on what she had heard, and was surprised to find it much the same as she remembered, if “slightly shabbier.”

    A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011

  • A baby will make love stronger, days shorter, nights longer, bankroll smaller, home happier, clothes shabbier, the past forgotten, and the future worth living for.

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: New Moms Jack Canfield 2011

  • Voters are anxious about our decline into a shabbier "Lesser America."

    Stan Sorscher: Making Business Succeed Stan Sorscher 2011

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