shabaroon
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[edit]Etymology
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Noun
[edit]shabaroon (plural shabaroons)
- (obsolete) An unkempt, disreputable person.
- 1982, Julian May, The Golden Torc:
- 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.