Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shabaroon

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: shaba-roon
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An unkempt, disreputable person.

Example Sentences

"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 mi dett, like a shabbroon as he was."
"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."
"I'm being followed by tattooed ESL shabaroons!"

Etymology

Uncertain; likely related to shab and shabby.

Inflected Forms

shabaroons (plural)

Questions

What does shabaroon mean?: An unkempt, disreputable person.
Where does shabaroon come from?: Uncertain; likely related to shab and shabby.

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