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Definition of Shabby-genteel
1. Adjective. Trying to maintain dignity and self respect despite shabbiness.
Similar to: Proud
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shabby-genteel
Literary usage of Shabby-genteel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray, Sir Leslie Stephen (1899)
"CHAPTER III A SHABBY GENTEEL DINNER, AND OTHER INCIDENTS OF A LIKE NATURE MR.
BRANDON'S letter to Lord ..."
2. The Odd Fellows' Magazine (1841)
"We were once haunted by a shabby-genteel man ; he was bodily present to our senses
all day, and he was in our mind's eye all night. ..."
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