Shab"by (?), a. [Compar. Shabbier (?); superl. Shabbiest.] [See Shab, n., Scabby, and Scab.]
1.
Torn or worn to rage; poor; mean; ragged.
Wearing shabby coats and dirty shirts.
Macaulay.
2.
Clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments.
"The dean was so
shabby."
Swift.
3.
Mean; paltry; despicable; as, shabby treatment.
"Very
shabby fellows."
Clarendon.
© Webster 1913.