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		psunavy03 10 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: All clothing is handmade (2022) Go look up the origin of the word "shoddy" as it relates to the crappy field uniforms unscrupulous vendors sold to the Federal government during the Civil War.

klondike_klive 10 months ago [–]

That's interesting - I always assumed that "shoddy" and "slipshod" were related since their meanings are so similar, but apparently not!

Thanks for leading me to that definition.

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