"Shoddy" Definition

Definitions for the word "Shoddy" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. adj.
(-ier, -iest) 1 poorly made. 2 counterfeit. shoddily adv. Shoddiness n. [origin unknown]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
2. slang
old cloth worked up into new; made from soldiers’ and policemen’s coats. The old cloth is pulled to pieces, the yarn unravelled and carded over again. This produces shoddy, which is very short in the fibre, and from it are produced, on again twisting and weaving, cloth fabrics used for ladies’ mantles, &c. Also, a term of derision applied to workmen in woollen factories.—_Yorkshire._
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
3. slang
the plutocracy created out of bogus contracts during the civil war in the United States. The SHODDYITES enriched themselves at the expense of their country in the most shameless manner, having most likely studied under those contractors who should have supplied our soldiers with necessaries during the Crimean War.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864

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