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shonky
adjective- of an item, phoney; of business dealings, dishonest AUSTRALIA
- [T]he Snob’s been palmed off shonky notes[.] — B. Breydor, You Oughta Seen Us!, p. 186, 1969
- — Barry Humphries, A Nice Night’s Entertainment, p. 188, 1981
- In London and New York they’re a pushover when some crafty dealer wants to flog a bit of shonky slow-moving merchandise. — Barry Humphries, The Traveller’s Tool, p. 19, 1985
- I need your help, Ross. Nothing shonky you understand, but I’d be grateful if you could call into the surgery. — Clive Galea, Slipper, p. 76, 1988
- of poor quality, bad, inferior UK
- [G]oods that the Mormons have to sell are weird and shonky. — Joe Bennett, Fun Run and Other Oxymorons, p. 215, 2000
- Please do not play shonky music at my funeral. — Elizabeth Vercoe, Keep Your Hair On!, p. 63, 2004
- The metal can get a bit shonky and worn out from overuse and start misbehaving. — Eithne Farry, Yeah, I Made it Myself, p. 42, 2006
- [Y]ou’ve done a right shonky job of it so far[.] — Danny King, More Burglar Diaries, p. 150, 2007
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