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Hoddy
(gcide) | Hoddy \Hod"dy\, n. [Prob. for hooded.] (Zool.)
See Dun crow, under Dun, a.
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hoddy
(gcide) | Dun \Dun\, a. [AS. dunn, of Celtic origin; cf. W. dwn, Ir. &
Gael. donn.]
Of a dark color; of a color partaking of a brown and black;
of a dull brown color; swarthy.
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Summer's dun cloud comes thundering up. -- Pierpont.
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Chill and dun
Falls on the moor the brief November day. --Keble.
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Dun crow (Zool.), the hooded crow; -- so called from its
color; -- also called hoody, and hoddy.
Dun diver (Zool.), the goosander or merganser.
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shoddy
(mass) | shoddy
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shoddy
(encz) | shoddy,brak n: Zdeněk Brožshoddy,falešný adj: Zdeněk Brožshoddy,kýč n: Zdeněk Brožshoddy,kýčovitý adj: Zdeněk Brožshoddy,laciný adj: Zdeněk Brožshoddy,nekvalitní adj: Zdeněk Brožshoddy,odbytý adj: Zdeněk Brožshoddy,odfláknutý adj: Zdeněk Brožshoddy,ošuntělý adj: Zdeněk Brožshoddy,podřadný adj: Zdeněk Brožshoddy,sešlý adj: Zdeněk Brožshoddy,šmejd n: Zdeněk Brožshoddy,šunt n: Zdeněk Brožshoddy,šupácký adj: Zdeněk Brož |
shoddy practices
(encz) | shoddy practices,pochybné praktiky Mgr. Dita Gálová |
Hoddy
(gcide) | Hoddy \Hod"dy\, n. [Prob. for hooded.] (Zool.)
See Dun crow, under Dun, a.
[1913 Webster]Dun \Dun\, a. [AS. dunn, of Celtic origin; cf. W. dwn, Ir. &
Gael. donn.]
Of a dark color; of a color partaking of a brown and black;
of a dull brown color; swarthy.
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Summer's dun cloud comes thundering up. -- Pierpont.
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Chill and dun
Falls on the moor the brief November day. --Keble.
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Dun crow (Zool.), the hooded crow; -- so called from its
color; -- also called hoody, and hoddy.
Dun diver (Zool.), the goosander or merganser.
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Hoddydoddy
(gcide) | Hoddydoddy \Hod"dy*dod`dy\, n. [Prob. E. also hoddypeke,
hoddypoule, hoddymandoddy.]
An awkward or foolish person. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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Shoddy
(gcide) | Shoddy \Shod"dy\, a.
1. Made wholly or in part of shoddy; containing shoddy; as,
shoddy cloth; shoddy blankets; hence, colloquially, not
genuine; sham; pretentious; as, shoddy aristocracy.
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Shoddy inventions designed to bolster up a
factitious pride. --Compton
Reade.
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2. of poor quality or inferior workmanship. --[RHUD]
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3. visibly worn or damaged from use; shabby.
[PJC]Shoddy \Shod"dy\, n. [Perhaps fr. Shed, v. t.; as meaning
originally, waste stuff shed or thrown off; cf. dial. shod to
shed, and E. Shed a parting, separation, Shode a
parting.]
1. A fibrous material obtained by "deviling," or tearing into
fibers, refuse woolen goods, old stockings, rags,
druggets, etc. See Mungo.
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2. Fluffy, fibrous waste from wool carding, worsted spinning,
or weaving of woolens.
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3. A fabric of inferior quality made of, or containing a
large amount of, shoddy.
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Note: The great quantity of shoddy goods furnished as army
supplies in the late Civil War in the United States
gave wide currency to the word, and it came to be
applied to persons who pretend to a higher position in
society than that to which their breeding or worth
entitles them; this term is now (1997) rarely used in
that sense.
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Shoddy fever
(gcide) | Shoddy fever \Shoddy fever\ (Med.)
A febrile disease characterized by dyspnoea and bronchitis
caused by inhaling dust.
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Shoddyism
(gcide) | Shoddyism \Shod"dy*ism\, n.
The quality or state of being shoddy. [Colloq.] See the Note
under Shoddy, n.
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shoddy
(wn) | shoddy
adj 1: cheap and shoddy; "cheapjack moviemaking...that feeds on
the low taste of the mob"- Judith Crist [syn:
cheapjack, shoddy, tawdry]
2: of inferior workmanship and materials; "mean little jerry-
built houses" [syn: jerry-built, shoddy]
3: designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or
inadvertently; "the deceptive calm in the eye of the storm";
"deliberately deceptive packaging"; "a misleading
similarity"; "statistics can be presented in ways that are
misleading"; "shoddy business practices" [syn: deceptive,
misleading, shoddy]
n 1: reclaimed wool fiber |
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