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adjective

trying to maintain dignity and self-respect despite shabbiness.

Origin:
1745–55

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shab·by-gen·til·i·ty

[shab-ee-jen-til-i-tee] , noun

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shabby-genteel

—*adj*
	preserving or aspiring to the forms and manners of gentility despite appearing shabby

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