Shabaroon
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 An unkempt, disreputable person. rare
"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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
Uncertain; likely related to shab and shabby.
More for "shabaroon"
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.