# shonky

> English word · Adjective

## Definitions
1. Of poor or dubious quality, shoddy, unreliable; deviously dishonest, fraudulent.

## Etymology
From 1970s; possibly from dialectal English shonk (“smart”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/shonky