shab-ragadj.n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: shab n., shabby adj., rag n.²

Etymology: < either shab n. or shab- (in shabby adj.) + rag n.² Compare earlier shag-rag adj. With use as noun compare earlier shack-rag n., shack-rag n., shake-rag n., shag-rag n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈshab-rag.

dialect and slang.

A. adj.

Shabby, damaged, the worse for wear.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > having lost freshness > shabby

shabbed1674

shabby1685

shab-rag1770

fatigued1774

slipshod1818

scuffed1827

scaly1843

seedy1868

dog-eared1872

shoddy1927

1770 T. Bridges Burlesque Transl. Homer II. x. 164 None of your Birmingham affairs, Nor any such like shabrag wares, But good new halfpence from the mint, With honest George's face in print.

1880 M. A. Courtney W. Cornwall Words in M. A. Courtney & T. Q. Couch Gloss. Words Cornwall at Horny-wink An old tumble-down house has been revilingly described as an old shabrag horny-wink place.

B. n.

A mean beggarly person, a ragamuffin.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > other people of low rank or condition > [noun] > ragamuffin

raggmall1581

ragamuffin1586

bash-rag1603

tatterdemalion1608

ragabash?1609

flabergullion1611

tatter1637

Sir Rag1764

sansculotte1812

shab-rag1828

ragamuff1863

takhaar1899

1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2)

1829 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words (new ed.)

1869 J. C. Atkinson Peacock's Gloss. Dial. Hundred of Lonsdale

1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. Shab-rag, a term of contempt applied to persons of dirty, depraved appearance.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	shab-rag
释义	shab-ragadj.n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: shab n., shabby adj., rag n.² Etymology: < either shab n. or shab- (in shabby adj.) + rag n.² Compare earlier shag-rag adj. With use as noun compare earlier shack-rag n., shack-rag n., shake-rag n., shag-rag n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈshab-rag. dialect and slang. A. adj. Shabby, damaged, the worse for wear. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > having lost freshness > shabby shabbed1674 shabby1685 shab-rag1770 fatigued1774 slipshod1818 scuffed1827 scaly1843 seedy1868 dog-eared1872 shoddy1927 1770 T. Bridges Burlesque Transl. Homer II. x. 164 None of your Birmingham affairs, Nor any such like shabrag wares, But good new halfpence from the mint, With honest George's face in print. 1880 M. A. Courtney W. Cornwall Words in M. A. Courtney & T. Q. Couch Gloss. Words Cornwall at Horny-wink An old tumble-down house has been revilingly described as an old shabrag horny-wink place. B. n. A mean beggarly person, a ragamuffin. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > other people of low rank or condition > [noun] > ragamuffin raggmall1581 ragamuffin1586 bash-rag1603 tatterdemalion1608 ragabash?1609 flabergullion1611 tatter1637 Sir Rag1764 sansculotte1812 shab-rag1828 ragamuff1863 takhaar1899 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) 1829 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words (new ed.) 1869 J. C. Atkinson Peacock's Gloss. Dial. Hundred of Lonsdale 1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. Shab-rag, a term of contempt applied to persons of dirty, depraved appearance. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.n.1770
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