\Shod"dy\, n. [Perh. akin to {Shed}, v. t.; as meaning
originally, waste stuff shed or thrown off; cf. dial. shod to
shed, and E. {Shed} a parting, separation, {Shode} a
parting.]
Fluffy, fibrous waste from wool carding, worsted spinning, or
weaving of woolens.

\Shod"dy\, n. [Perhaps fr. {Shed}, v. t.; as meaning
originally, waste stuff shedor thrown off.]
1. A fibrous material obtained by ``deviling,'' or tearing
   into fibers, refuse woolen goods, old stockings, rags,
   druggets, etc. See {Mungo}.
2. A fabric of inferior quality made of, or containing a
   large amount of, shoddy.
Note: The great quantity of shoddy goods furnished as army
      supplies in the late Civil War in the United States
      gave wide currency to the word, and it came to be
      applied to persons who pretend to a higher position in
      society than that to which their breeding or worth
      entitles them.

\Shod"dy\, a.
Made wholly or in part of shoddy; containing shoddy; as,
shoddy cloth; shoddy blankets; hence, colloquially, not
genuine; sham; pretentious; as, shoddy aristocracy.
      Shoddy inventions designed to bolster up a factitious
      pride.                                   --Compton
                                               Reade.