shonky

/ (ˈʃɒŋkɪ) /


adjective-kier or -kiest Australian and NZ informal
  1. of dubious integrity or legality

  2. unreliable; unsound

Origin of shonky

1
C19: perhaps from Yiddish shonniker or from sh (oddy) + (w) onky

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