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Shoddy vs Shotty - What's the difference?

shoddy | shotty |

As nouns the difference between shoddy and shotty

is that shoddy is a low-grade cloth made from by-products of wool processing, or from recycled wool while shotty is a gauzeless pipe for smoking cannabis, more like a Vietnamese Duc Lau than a bong.

As an adjective shoddy

is being of poor quality or construction.

shoddy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Being of poor quality or construction
    • Do not settle for shoddy knives if you are serious about cooking.

    Noun

  • A low-grade cloth made from by-products of wool processing, or from recycled wool.
  • *
  • * 1988 , James McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom , Oxford 2003, p. 324:
    • To fill contracts for hundreds of thousands of uniforms, textile manufacturers compressed the fibers of recycled woolen goods into a material called “shoddy ”.

    References

    * [http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/handlists/023MSBusFox.pdf]

    See also

    * rag and shoddy * mungo * noil

    shotty

    English

    Noun

    (shotties)
  • A gauzeless pipe for smoking cannabis, more like a Vietnamese Duc Lau than a bong.
  • (slang) A shotgun.
  • (slang, uncountable) buckshot