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词汇 shoddy dropper
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Definition of shoddy dropper in English:

shoddy dropper

noun
Australian, NZ dated
  • An itinerant seller of poor-quality clothes.

    police have warned the area's retailers to watch out for shoddy droppers
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Police say that on returning to make the sale, the "shoddy dropper" switches the item for a poor quality imitation.
    • The scheme of wearing a seaman's cap and representing that they could sell cloth cheap was a trick resorted to by 'shoddy droppers'.
    • The shoddy-droppers were a common sight around Murrays Lane.
    • She was given a square scarf by an old man who was a shoddy dropper.
    • He would like to give the impression that every traveller selling suits is a rogue and a "shoddy dropper".
    • For some reason, I used to place them in the category of "shoddy-dropper".
    • In my opinion, it sounds like an online shoddy dropper.
    • Of the hawkers, two dealt in a drop of sly grog and the other was a shoddy dropper.
    • They have gone to great lengths to safeguard the public, but the shoddy-dropper operates just within the margin of the law.
    • One of them was a card cheat and shoddy dropper who worked the carnival circuit in Victoria.

Origin

1920s: from shoddy in the noun sense 'inferior fabric made from waste clippings' + drop in the verb sense 'to unload goods'.

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