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Look up: Shoddy

  1. shoddy
    [n] - reclaimed wool fiber
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. shoddy
    pulled or garnetted wool obtained by pulling or garnetting woollen or worsted yarns or rags Category: Various industries and crafts
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  3. Shoddy
    Shod'dy noun [ Perhaps from Shed , transitive verb ; as meaning originally, waste stuff shed or thrown off.] 1. A fibrous material obtained by 'deviling,' or tearing into fibers, refuse woolen goods, old stoc...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/90

  4. Shoddy
    Shod'dy adjective Made wholly or in part of shoddy; containing shoddy; as, shoddy cloth; shoddy blankets; hence, colloquially, not genuine; sham; pretentious; as, shoddy aristocracy. « Shoddy inventions designed to bol...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/90

  5. Shoddy
    Shod'dy noun [ Perh. akin to Shed , transitive verb ; as meaning originally, waste stuff shed or thrown off; confer dial. shod to shed, and English Shed a parting, separation, Shode a parting.]...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/90

  6. shoddy
    noun reclaimed wool fiber
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  7. Shoddy
    • (v. t.) Fluffy, fibrous waste from wool carding, worsted spinning, or weaving of woolens. • (a.) Made wholly or in part of shoddy; containing shoddy; as, shoddy cloth; shoddy blankets; hence, colloquially, not genuine; sham; pretentious; as, shoddy aristocracy. • (v. t.) A fibrous m...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  8. Shoddy
    Shoddy is wool obtained from woollen rags and wastes and re-spun into low cost, low quality clothes.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

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