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- adjective Australia, New Zealand, UK, informal Of poor or
dubious quality,shoddy ,unreliable .
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Examples
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Nb 'shonky' is strictly a Discworld term in this context.
kateelliott: Question for the Hive Mind kateelliott 2009
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gradually changed from blasé to concerned as the death-toll grew sort of knew a sure-fire way to sublimate angst – gave to the first relief collector who happened to call a shonky deal; seems all he collected was for himself they said on the news, not
Bush Fire Shame Ivan Donn Carswell 2009
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gradually changed from blasé to concerned as the death-toll grew sort of knew a sure-fire way to sublimate angst – gave to the first relief collector who happened to call a shonky deal; seems all he collected was for himself they said on the news, not
Archive 2009-05-01 Ivan Donn Carswell 2009
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As per the 'shonky' shops mentioned by Sir Terry in the Discworld books.
kateelliott: Question for the Hive Mind kateelliott 2009
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I wanted to give credit to Australia and not to get caught in some kind of shonky business, and I can assure you now that we didn't do anything that was improper in this whole period.
WalesOnline - Home 2010
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I wanted to give credit to Australia and not to get caught in some kind of shonky business, and I can assure you now that we didn't do anything that was improper in this whole period.
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I wanted to give credit to Australia and not to get caught in some kind of shonky business, and I can assure you now that we didn't do anything that was improper in this whole period.
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I wanted to give credit to Australia and not to get caught in some kind of shonky business, and I can assure you now that we didn't do anything that was improper in this whole period.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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I wanted to give credit to Australia and not to get caught in some kind of shonky business, and I can assure you now that we didn't do anything that was improper in this whole period.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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I wanted to give credit to Australia and not to get caught in some kind of shonky business, and I can assure you now that we didn't do anything that was improper in this whole period.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
yarb commented on the word shonky
Adj., poorly-made, sub-standard, unreliable.
August 29, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word shonky
I like this word. Thanks yarb. (Is it rude? Mildly rude?)
August 29, 2008
yarb commented on the word shonky
No, it's a perfectly innocent word. Usually refers to something mechanical, e.g. "I couldn't watch those bonus features, cause my DVD player's one of those shonky own-brand jobs".
I've also heard it used to refer to something morally dubious, along the lines of iffy and dodgy.
August 30, 2008
reesetee commented on the word shonky
I used to hear people use "wonky" that way until it took on a new (and different) meaning.
August 30, 2008
knitandpurl commented on the word shonky
"How many blokes dyou owe?
One fella who owns all the fellas. He's a nasty cove.
What're they gunna do?
Work it out of me, I spose. There's plenty of shonky jobs they'll want done."
Cloudstreet by Tim Winton, p 234 of the Graywolf Press hardcover edition
April 1, 2010