Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Shoddy \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.

Shoddy \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.

Shoddy \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.

Source : WordNet®

shoddy
     adj 1: cheap and shoddy; "cheapjack moviemaking...that feeds on the
            low taste of the mob"- Judith Crist [syn: {cheapjack},
             {tawdry}]
     2: of inferior workmanship and materials; "mean little
        jerry-built houses" [syn: {jerry-built}]
     n : reclaimed wool fiber
     [also: {shoddiest}, {shoddier}]