shabaroon
shabaroon noun: an unkempt, disreputable person.
Noun
shabaroon (plural shabaroons)
- An unkempt, disreputable person.
- Well, this here wun, i cant never mind his name, for they calld him by too att wunce, seemed verry thik with my loddger, Mr Pennyfeather, an' hardly missd a day cummin to see him, to mi sorrow; for i do think 'twas he put sich wild vagarys into tother's head, an' pswaided him at last to run off in...1823, “Letter from a Washerwoman”, in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, volume 13, number 73, page 233
- The only persons who could be classed as shabaroons were the peddlers in the open market, the caravan drovers, and travelers newly arrived from the hinterlands; even these seemed only temporarily grubby.1982, Julian May, The Golden Torc
Forms of shabaroon
| plural | shabaroons |
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Origin of shabaroon
Uncertain; likely related to shab and shabby.
Questions about shabaroon
- What does shabaroon mean?
- Shabaroon means an unkempt, disreputable person.
- What part of speech is shabaroon?
- Shabaroon is a noun.
- What is the plural of shabaroon?
- The plural of shabaroon is shabaroons.
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