Shabby

adj. (-ier, -iest) 1 faded and worn, dingy, dilapidated. 2 con-temptible (a shabby trick). shabbily adv. shabbiness n. [related to SCAB] shack n. roughly built hut or cabin. v. (foil. by up) slang cohabit, esp. as lovers. [perhaps from Mexican jacal wooden hut]