shabby
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Discs in 1987, they settled down in a Kilmarnock recording studio nicknamed "Shabby Road" to work on the record.
From BBC • Nov. 28, 2023
Discovery is certainly the operative word when exploring The Shabby French Market, a Parisian-style arcade filled with antiques, heirloom jewelry and pretty much every curio one can imagine.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 6, 2023
Shabby chic, minus the chic, permeates the school.
From New York Times • Feb. 6, 2013
Shabby infrastructure, desolate streets and prison-like houses contrast with the shiny shopping malls of El Paso, tantalizingly visible through the fence that marks the world's only land border between a rich and a developing nation.
From Reuters • Oct. 6, 2010
“That’s a handsome coat. Shabby but a good cut. You’re a tailor’s son, aren’t you?”
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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