something that is old, dirty, a little over-used,
messy or otherwise slightly over-loved! can aslo describe a person in an
ironic way see example
2 below!
EXAMPLE 1
person 1:that table is old, like an antique
person 2:
yes it's quite shabby
EXAMPLE 2
person 1; person 2 you are not too shabby(meaning you are not too bad)
person 2: that shall be our word and we
will make it
cool, shabby