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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Perhaps fr.

Verb.

; as meaning originally, waste stuff

shed

or thrown off; cf. dial.

shod

to shed, and E.

a parting, separation,

a parting.]

A fibrous material obtained by “deviling,” or tearing into fibers, refuse woolen goods, old stockings, rags, druggets, etc. See

A fabric of inferior quality made of, or containing a large amount of, shoddy.

Adj.

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 bolster up a factitious pride.

Compton Reade.