Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Shabby

Shabby , adjective

[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