| 单词 | shoddy cloth |
| 释义 | > as lemmasshoddy cloth 2. A cloth composed of shoddy wool (see 1); more fully shoddy cloth. (See quot. 1911.) ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from reconstituted materials > [noun] shoddy1847 mungo1857 1847 J. R. McCulloch Descr. & Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire (ed. 3) I. iii. iv. 661 Formerly, shoddy cloth was used only for padding and such like purposes; but now flushings, druggets,..&c., are either wholly or partly made of shoddy. 1865 J. G. Holland Plain Talks iv. 128 He clothed our troops with shoddy. 1884 W. S. B. McLaren Spinning Woollen & Worsted (ed. 2) 187 Shoddy is the worked-up waste of soft woollen goods which have not been milled and felted. 1903 Times 12 Mar. 11/3 Berlin Textiles... Shoddies have been active and strong. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 992/2 The term ‘shoddy’ is sometimes applied to all fabrics made of such remanufactured materials,..but strictly it should be confined to a cloth produced from fabrics originally made from English and the longer cross-bred wools... Upon the whole the ‘cheap and nasty’ idea usually associated with the term ‘shoddy’..is quite a mistake. Some most excellent cloths are produced. < as lemmas |
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